Chinese Fiction

Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman’s midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China, for fans of Yiyun Li and Julie Otsuka. The Funeral Cryer long ago accepted the mundane realities of her life: avoided by fellow villagers because of the stigma...

Asta Fung is sixteen and sulky. Her parents have moved the whole family to take over the Yau Sum takeaway in another town so Grandpa Charlie can be closer to the big hospital. She's had to give up her dog, her friends, her familiar teenage life. All too soon, she has to give up Grandpa Charlie too. What was the point? When the builder's son, Josh, hands her a bundle of love letters he found under the floorboards, Asta realises they were hidden there by Grandpa Charlie as a young man.

This album is the third series of "Idiom Stories", which recites and interprets idiom stories. Idioms are selected from a large number of idioms that people use every day. The language of these stories is vivid and easy to understand, which can help children understand history, learn knowledge, and feel the unique charm of traditional Chinese culture.

"I loved this book and can't stop talking about it. . . . Transcendent." —Carolyn See, The Washington Post In the tradition of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Wang Gang's English is a captivating coming-of-age novel about the power of language to launch a journey of self-discovery...

他被许多人认为是无耻、腹黑、阴鸷的小人，然而他又是清末的治世能臣，民国的开国总统，中国现代军事的开创者。他是一个谜，一个今天史学家也很难盖棺定论的谜……他被許多人認為是無恥、腹黑、陰鷙的小人，然而他又是清末的治世能臣，民國的開國總統，中國現代軍事的開創者。他是一個謎，一個今天史學家也很難蓋棺定論的謎……

From one of China’s most famous contemporary writers, who celebrated novel To Live catapulted him to international fame, here is a stunning collection of stories, selected from the best of Yu Hua’s early work, that shows his far-reaching influence on a pivotal period in Chinese literature...

A collection of 88 brief poems by ancient masters of Chinese poetry in an anonymous English translation. With titles such as "Contentment", "Wild Geese", "Best Happiness of All", "The Ashes of My House", "Jade Flower Palace", "We Will Grow Old Together", "The Poet Dreams", and "At Midnight", the subjects range across love in all forms, the ravages of war, the glories of nature, the sorrow of homelessness, the death of a loved one, peaceful reveries of hermits, the meditations of the wise, delicate art forms, and the entertainments at court.

A riveting novel of one man’s life journey from China under Japanese rule to the Philippines under Marcos and Hong Kong under British influence. A Chinese perspective with fiction, fact, life, love, spice, business and intrigue rolled into one.

We have selected for you 100 best quotes by Flaubert. Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. Highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.

In this famous fairytale, the three little pigs remind us that the easiest way, the one that requires less work, is not always the right one. If you want to get something satisfying, you have to give it some commitment...

有阳光的原始资本积累，也有充满罪恶的原始资本积累……有陽光的原始資本積累，也有充滿罪惡的原始資本積累……

光绪三十二年，十二岁的萧若兰在二姐公鸡代婚的出嫁中感到身为人妇的不幸……光緒三十二年，十二歲的蕭若蘭在二姐公雞代婚的出嫁中感到身為人婦的不幸……

巫蛊之祸，自西汉起延续几千年，屡禁不止，直至如今，国学凋零，民智渐开，在大中国，唯乡野之民谈及，许多“缘来身在此山中”的人都不晓不知……巫蠱之禍，自西漢起延續幾千年，屢禁不止，直至如今，國學凋零，民智漸開，在大中國，唯鄉野之民談及，許多「緣來身在此山中」的人都不曉不知……

关乎国家命运的五行至尊圣王鼎被藏护在大青山下。火小邪应田问之邀前去盗鼎，贼王后人相继加入。途中一路惊现奇事：潘子竟是金家失散多年的继承人…… 關乎國家命運的五行至尊聖王鼎被藏護在大青山下。火小邪應田問之邀前去盜鼎，賊王後人相繼加入。途中一路驚現奇事：潘子竟是金家失散多年的繼承人……

火家召徒，各路盗贼为入火家纷纷亮出看家本领，百般技艺齐上阵。挑战贼王，需过三关！每一关危机四伏，盗取器物也光怪陆离，皆是生死攸关！金木水火土，五大世家陆续亮相，暗中有何玄机？火小邪历经艰辛，最终能否如愿成为火家弟子？…… 火家召徒，各路盜賊為入火家紛紛亮出看家本領，百般技藝齊上陣。挑戰賊王，需過三關！每一關危機四伏，盜取器物也光怪陸離，皆是生死攸關！金木水火土，五大世家陸續亮相，暗中有何玄機？火小邪歷經艱辛，最終能否如願成為火家弟子？

一支考古团队在幼发拉底河畔进行考察，意外发掘出一批新西台王国的泥板，这批泥板记录了隐没在历史谎言中的真实故事……一支考古團隊在幼發拉底河畔進行考察，意外發掘出一批新西台王國的泥板，這批泥板記錄了隱沒在歷史謊言中的真實故事……

楚风自阿勒泰的历险之后，为了不拖累队友，加上大祭司临别的暗示，决定单身一人南下……楚風自阿勒泰的歷險之後，為了不拖累隊友，加上大祭司臨別的暗示，決定單身一人南下……

颜初本是一个天真美好的姑娘，对这个世界抱有最纯真的热情和幻想，有一天却发现她最信任的人也是欺骗她最多的人……顏初本是一個天真美好的姑娘，對這個世界抱有最純真的熱情和幻想，有一天卻發現她最信任的人也是欺騙她最多的人……

叶菲与男友刘飞在大学时因苏冉的介入分手了。大学毕业后，面对社会压力选择辞职的叶菲，同时被父母扫地出门……葉菲與男友劉飛在大學時因蘇冉的介入分手了。大學畢業後，面對社會壓力選擇辭職的葉菲，同時被父母掃地出門……

他是神秘的魔术师、无所不能的大盗，尊敬他的人称他为「怪盗KING」；伸张正义，维护法律，和恶势力做斗争，她是侦探QUEEN……他是神秘的魔術師、無所不能的大盜，尊敬他的人稱他為“怪盜KING”；伸張正義，維護法律，和惡勢力做鬥爭，她是偵探QUEEN……