Chinese Literature

明朝皇帝不靠谱——成祖朱棣灭人“十族”、正德不爱当皇帝却爱当大将军、嘉靖一天到晚想着如何成仙、天启整天鼓捣木工活儿……明朝皇帝不靠譜——成祖朱棣滅人“十族”、正德不愛當皇帝卻愛當大將軍、嘉靖一天到晚想著如何成仙、天啟整天鼓搗木工活兒……

“英雄风流不尽数，刀马所至皆汉土”，在秦始皇缔造中华帝国一百多年后，汉武帝把中华帝国第一次带到了顶峰……「英雄風流不盡數，刀馬所至皆漢土」，在秦始皇締造中華帝國一百多年後，漢武帝把中華帝國第一次帶到了頂峰……

出身落魄干部家庭的曹菂嫁给了水暖工姚纯刚——自己的“临时丈夫”。姚纯刚靠着妻子当上了有名无实的心理研究所副所长……出身落魄幹部家庭的曹菂嫁給了水暖工姚純剛——自己的「臨時丈夫」。姚純剛靠著妻子當上了有名無實的心理研究所副所長……

1948年，太平洋战争结束后三年，北平经济崩溃、民生凋敝，看似平静却早已暗流汹涌……1948年，太平洋戰爭結束後三年，北平經濟崩潰、民生凋敝，看似平靜卻早已暗流洶湧……

1948年，太平洋战争结束后三年，北平经济崩溃、民生凋敝，看似平静却早已暗流汹涌……1948年，太平洋戰爭結束後三年，北平經濟崩潰、民生凋敝，看似平靜卻早已暗流洶湧……

Two young girls sneak onto the grounds of a hospital, where they find a disturbing moment of silence in a rose garden. A couple grows a plant that blooms underground, invisibly, to their long-time neighbor's consternation. A cat worries about its sleepwalking owner, who receives a mysterious visitor while he's asleep. After a ten-year absence, a young man visits his uncle, on the twenty-fourth floor of a high-rise that is floating in the air, while his ugly cousin hesitates on the stairs . . .

In New York City, an art student finds an unexpected subject when she moves in with a grandmother from Xi’an, and boundaries are put into question. When a newlywed couple moves to Arizona, adapting to unfamiliar customs keeps their marriage from falling apart. A woman grapples with what it means to care for another, and the limits of that care, when her dying husband returns from Beijing years after abandoning her. And during a rainy summer in Texas, a visitor exposes the unspoken but unburiable history that binds two families together.

Stream of consciousness with beat writing in a satirical, Gothic, noir and Zen setting.

一个叫尼尔斯的小男孩，调皮捣蛋，还爱虐待小动物。有一天因为他的顽皮，得罪了一位有法力的小狐仙，被小狐仙变成了一个比动物还小的小人。他开始能听得懂小动物说话，也慢慢意识到自己之前做过很多错事。在公牛的指点下他踏上了寻找小狐仙的漫长旅程。一路上他经历了无数的危险，演绎了种种传奇。在艰险的旅途中小尼尔斯长大懂事，知道了什么是善恶，学会了同情和爱，最后尼尔斯用行动证明了自己已经改过自新，当然，他也恢复了原来的样子。

Que algú de l’altra punta de la terra faci el cop de cap de venir a viure al teu país. Que et triï a tu per veí. Que faci créixer els seus fills en la teva llengua perquè estimin el que tu estimes. I que aquest algú que treballa en una perruqueria dotze hores al dia, sis dies a la setmana, amorrada als teus peus, a les teves mans i als teus cabells, tingui la generositat d’explicar-te el seu món.

From one of China’s foremost authors, Jia Pingwa’s Happy Dreams is a powerful depiction of life in industrializing contemporary China, in all its humor and pathos, as seen through the eyes of Happy Liu, a charming and clever rural laborer who leaves his home for the gritty, harsh streets of Xi’an in search of better life.

In this captivating collection from the Shaanxi region, considered the cradle of Chinese civilization, twenty disparate and unique voices come together to show a China caught between new-world advancements and old-world traditions. From the homeland of China’s first dynasty and the world-famous terra-cotta warriors, these tales show rugged rural life colliding with fast-paced city life; hollow arranged marriages juxtaposed with torrid forbidden love affairs; and the vanity of newly minted millionaires clashing with the desperation of the poor.

《快乐王子》讲述了生前不知忧愁为何物的快乐王子死后目睹种种人世间的苦难，和燕子牺牲自我帮助他人的故事。…… 《快樂王子》講述了生前不知憂愁為何物的快樂王子死後目睹種種人世間的苦難，和燕子犧牲自我幫助他人的故事。

他们经历了二十世纪六十年代的自然灾害，过早地尝到了生活的艰辛；轰轰烈烈的“文化大革命”，使他们激昂过也失落过……他們經歷了二十世紀六十年代的自然災害，過早地嚐到了生活的艱辛；轟轟烈烈的「文化大革命」，使他們激昂過也失落過……

后宫秽乱，贪官污吏横行，使得乾隆内外交困。唯一值得安慰的是，立下无数汗马功劳的大臣傅恒虽然身染沉可，仍然戒慎恐惧、忠心耿耿，令乾隆感动不已。然而另一方面，奸臣和珅却以巧言令色，取得乾隆的信任…… 後宮穢亂，貪官污吏橫行，使得乾隆內外交困。唯一值得安慰的是，立下無數汗馬功勞的大臣傅恆雖然身染沉可，仍然戒慎恐懼、忠心耿耿，令乾隆感動不已。然而另一方面，奸臣和珅卻以巧言令色，取得乾隆的信任……

In "My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard," Elizabeth Cooper offers the reader a translation of two series of letters by Kwei-li, the wife of a high-rank Chinese official. The first series is addressed to her husband whilst he is on a world tour with Prince Chung in the late 19th century. The second series of letters is from 25 years later and are addressed to her mother-in-law. Political intrigue is raging in China and the country is on the verge of a revolution.

Die 12-jährige Hanli möchte eine Städterin werden und eine gute Schule besuchen. Sie verlässt ihr Heimatdorf in den Bergen und reist zu ihren Eltern, die in Peking als Wanderarbeiter leben. Doch dort wird sie ständig mit Diskriminierungen und Ungerechtigkeiten konfrontiert und muss erfahren,. dass Wanderarbeiter und ihre Kinder keine Rechte haben. Hanli gibt nicht auf, sie hinterfragt und bleibt beharrlich. So erfüllt sich ihr größter Wunsch: Nach langer Zeit des Bangens darf sie endlich eine gute Schule besuchen!

The Hospital Ship is no more, and Yang Wei awakens to find himself at the mercy of monstrous doctors and the tumult of his own mind. Not helping matters, of course, is the Mars Hospital’s Pool of Dead Souls. A ghastly body of water, it traps people in an endless cycle of treatment, death, and resurrection. When an unruly band of patients revolts against this suffering, the Hospital descends into chaos, the likes of which have never been seen before.

受过教育的农家女孩爱玛嫁给乡医包法利，却向往更奢华浪漫的生活，在历经两次出轨，面对累累负债后爱玛在绝望之余吃下砒霜……受過教育的農家女孩愛瑪嫁給鄉醫包法利，卻嚮往更奢華浪漫的生活，在歷經兩次出軌，面對累累負債後愛瑪在絕望之餘吃下砒霜……

战国时期，在清溪鬼谷山上隐居着一位被尊称为鬼谷子的老人，他不和人来往，过着与世隔绝的生活……戰國時期，在清溪鬼谷山上隱居著一位被尊稱為鬼谷子的老人，他不和人來往，過著與世隔絕的生活……