Chinese Fiction

When Madame Gazelle tells the children it's time to celebrate Chinese New Year, they couldn't be more excited. Peppa and her friends hang lanterns, eat fortune cookies, and put on a dragon dance!

Märchen bildet in China kein streng gesondertes Gebiet. Von den Ammengeschichten und Fabeln bis zu Göttermythen, Sagen und Novellen sind die Grenzen durchaus schwankend. Das Wunderbare gehört für China noch zum natürlichen Weltlauf, so dass hier sich keine scharfe Grenze ziehen lässt. In Schansi lebte ein Scholar, dem war es in der Gesellschaft der anderen zu lärmend. Darum schlug er seine Wohnung in einem Buddhistentempel auf. Er hatte jedoch sehr darunter zu leiden, dass in dem Raum Wanzen, Mücken und Flöhe in großer Zahl waren, so dass er die ganze Nacht nicht schlafen konnte.

Chigear Nolte, or "the Cadre Politiqu"’ as the story portrays him--a simple man who had ordinary ambitions, who could make all your political rarity requests come true. He dreamt of what every human being dreamt of: freedom, love, and happiness. Despite having money, fame, and fortune, Chigear’s life was one where he wanted more out of.

Set in an alternate reality where pregnancy endows women with exceptional powers, one new mother uncovers terrifying truths about herself and life in this philosophical and propulsive tale of a woman and mother in crisis. In a world where drastic measures have averted the global environmental...

La vie de Rufus Leung Gresham, vicomte St Ives, ressemble à un rêve sur papier glacé. Les manoirs et les yachts de sa famille font la une des magazines et leurs frasques le délice des comptes Instagram. Jusqu’au jour où Rufus découvre le pot aux roses. Leur fortune n’est qu’un amas de dettes et sa mère, la redoutable Arabella, compte sur lui pour renflouer les caisses par un bon mariage. Et justement, les élues potentielles sont invitées aux noces d’Augusta Leung Gresham dans le luxueux resort familial à Hawaï.

A sweeping novel about a correspondent trapped behind enemy lines during the Korean War, and the women who help her find her way home, from the national bestselling author of Daughters of Shandong When I found the courage to lift my head, I expected to stare down the barrel of a gun, but instead...

In The White Mirror, Li Du, an imperial librarian and former exile in 18th-century China, is now an independent traveler. He is journeying with a trade caravan bound for Lhasa when a detour brings them to a valley hidden between mountain passes. On the icy planks of a wooden bridge, a monk sits in contemplation. Closer inspection reveals that the monk is dead, apparently of a self-inflicted wound. His robes are rent, revealing a strange symbol painted on his chest.

“Along the River During the Qingming Festival” is regarded as a masterpiece representing Chinese historical culture, yet few know that initially, it was merely a construction diagram. Emperor Huizong the artist, the silly Liangshan bandits, the kind courtesan Li Shishi, the handsome Zhang Ze, the gambling addict Li Qingzhao... their fates and the imperial court and jianghu world they inhabited were completely transformed by this painting....

Писательница Кёнха по просьбе подруги Инсон отправляется на остров Чеджудо, чтобы спасти птицу. Однако снежная буря заставляет Кёнха сомневаться, успеет ли она вовремя добраться и выживет ли в ужасном холоде, который окутывает ее с каждым шагом. Кёнха еще не подозревает, с чем ей придется столкнуться в доме подруги. Дядя Инсон пропал без вести после массового убийства мирных жителей в 1948 году, а ее мать путешествует по всей стране, отказываясь смириться с его исчезновением.

Императорский Китай, XV век. Тань Юньсянь — аристократка, и ее судьба, как судьбы тысяч других дочерей чиновников, предопределена: однообразная жизнь во внутренних покоях, невыносимые мучения от бинтования ног, а затем — брак по договоренности и непременная обязанность родить сына. Но после смерти матери отец отправляет юную Юньсянь к своим родителям-врачам, и там, под руководством бабушки, девочка с головой погружается в изучение медицины. Согласно конфуцианскому канону врачу-мужчине нельзя видеть женщин, а женщине-врачу — соприкасаться с кровью, но кто-то же должен исцелять женские недуги!

La toma de conciencia de una niña perspicaz cuyo entorno la empuja al inconformismo. Pekín, años 1970. Lai vive con sus padres, su abuela y su hermano menor en un pequeño apartamento en una zona de clase trabajadora. Pensativa y observadora, pasa los días con sus amigos fuera de la atención de sus padres y cerca de su abuela, una mujer sensata e intransigente. Ya de niña, Lai se da cuenta de las duras realidades del Estado chino. Como estudiante talentosa, recibe una beca para estudiar en la prestigiosa Universidad de Pekín.

杰克·斯通是一名刚毕业的大学毕业生，他决定搬到纽约市从事金融事业。杰克是一个距离普通人只有一步之遥的人，除了他发现自己陷入困境的不可思议的本领。当命运将他抛在黑帮和联邦调查局的激烈议程之间时，杰克的生活发生了不寻常的转变。 黑帮和联邦调查局都对杰克作为盟友真正感兴趣。他们相互竞争的议程并不完全是杰克对他生活的设想。他们的影响力如此超乎寻常，以至于在纽约市熙熙攘攘的背景下，英雄和恶棍之间的界限被扭曲了。

欧罗巴大地上演绎过多少历史的纠葛和纷争，欧洲列国经过怎样的演变形成了现在的版图…… 歐羅巴大地上演繹過多少歷史的糾葛和紛爭，歐洲列國經過怎樣的演變形成了現在的版圖……

The Shadowhunter Chronicles meets Chinese diaspora folklore in this sequel to the #1 Sunday Times bestseller Darker by Four! The Shadowhunter Chronicles meets the Chinese underworld, drawing inspiration from diaspora folklore, in this epic, sweeping contemporary fantasy duology from Jade Fire...

'The albatross is just about the rarest thing in golf - two shots on a par 5. A hole-in-one, anywhere on the course, is just a random event, a fluke. It's not your own doing. But an albatross . . . It's a thing of beauty. One. Two. It must be very deliberate, very thoughtful, one superb shot...

A historical narrative of Lee, John Steinbeck's Chinese cook in East of Eden; and Chinatown, San Francisco in the 19th century. The tale traverses both China and America in their most turbulent centuries; each wrestling with a national identity against the appearance of ‘foreigners’ on their shores. You will be hearing about the life of an ‘English-speaking Chinaman’; his travails within an infant but violent Chinatown, his survival in a hostile land with bilingualism as his only weapon, and a torrid forbidden love affair. Lee was a man whose time was not ready for him.

在时代夹缝中，传统文化与西方文化激烈碰撞，有着巨大包容、消融能力的中华文化在不断地更新着自已的内涵。然而，总有那么几个人，他们固守着数千年的文化传统，有意无意地拒绝改变自己……在時代夾縫中，傳統文化與西方文化激烈碰撞，有著巨大包容、消融能力的中華文化在不斷地更新著自已的內涵。然而，總有那麼幾個人，他們固守著數千年的文化傳統，有意無意地拒絕改變自己……

一个商业奇才，在众人眼中却是不折不扣的汉奸。一个复仇女人，在众人眼里却是浪荡不羁的舞女。然而，所见的一切并非真实……一個商業奇才，在眾人眼中卻是不折不扣的漢奸。一個復仇女人，在眾人眼裡卻是浪蕩不羈的舞女。然而，所見的一切並非真實……

他潇洒但是不风流，他才华横溢但从来不自鸣得意。所有这些汇成一个名字——苏东坡。……他瀟灑但是不風流，他才華橫溢但從來不自鳴得意。所有這些匯成一個名字——蘇東坡。

解放前，立秋家是个大宅门儿，立秋的父亲是一位因戏而活、为戏成痴的宅门大爷。但是立秋却没父亲的好命，立秋刚懂事葛家的宅门儿就已经衰落……解放前，立秋家是個大宅門兒，立秋的父親是一位因戲而活、為戲成癡的宅門大爺。但是立秋卻沒父親的好命，立秋剛懂事葛家的宅門兒就已經衰落……