Chinese Literature

一个普通的哨位，竟让一名士兵为之奋斗多年。如愿以偿后，才发现哨兵的位置不过是表面的现象……一個普通的哨位，竟讓一名士兵為之奮鬥多年。如願以償後，才發現哨兵的位置不過是表面的現象……

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……

《西游记》以“唐僧取经”这一历史事件为蓝本，描写了孙悟空出世，后遇见了唐僧、猪八戒和沙和尚三人，一路降妖伏魔，保护唐僧西行取经，经历了九九八十一难，终于到达西天见到如来佛祖，最终五圣成真的故事。…… 《西遊記》以「唐僧取經」這一歷史事件為藍本，描寫了孫悟空出世，後遇見了唐僧、豬八戒和沙和尚三人，一路降妖伏魔，保護唐僧西行取經，經歷了九九八十一難，終於到達西天見到如來佛祖，最終五聖成真的故事。

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.

Chinese Yankee by Ruthanne Lum McCunn tells the true story of Hong Kong born Thomas Sylvanus (Ah Yee Way), an orphan brought to America for schooling in the mid-1850s, but enslaved in Baltimore. Only sixteen at the outbreak of war, Thomas ran north, joined the Freedom Army, and was blinded in the first major campaign. He failed to fully recover his sight and, deemed incapable of performing the duties of a soldier, was discharged.

Clever, rich, and single, the beautiful Ān Mò (Emma Woodhouse) is focused on her career as fashion designer in the glamour of 21st-century Shanghai. She sees no need for romance in her life, but when she tries to find a boyfriend for her new friend Fangfang (Harriet), her carefully laid plans being to unravel. As she ignores the warnings of her good friend Shi Wenzheng (Mr. Knightley), her decisions bring consequences that she never expected.

Notable literary figures pay tribute to poet/writer Justin Chin with personal commentaries on works selected from his seven books. Justin Chin's fearless and fierce voice was resolute in relating his worldview, whether directly or through metaphorical language. As a queer Asian American, born and raised in Southeast Asia within a devoutly Christian, ethnically Chinese family of medical professionals, Chin's early life experience informed his writing and framed his point of view.

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.

《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。

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

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!

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 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.

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……

天道茫茫，自有真理在，万里晴空，河汉盼晏清。翦除鳌拜恶势力后，年轻的康熙自掌朝政，但国库空虚，人心浮动，可谓四面楚歌…… 天道茫茫，自有真理在，萬里晴空，河漢盼晏清。翦除鰲拜惡勢力後，年輕的康熙自掌朝政，但國庫空虛，人心浮動，可謂四面楚歌……

Five years ago, she was his wife—and his greatest weakness. Now, she's a sharp, composed businesswoman, while he remains the proud yet secretly devoted ex-husband.