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On a Chinese Screen, also known as On a Chinese Screen: Sketches of Life in China, is a travel book by W. Somerset Maugham, first published in 1922.It is a series of short sketches Maugham made during a trip along the Yangtze River in 1919–1920, and although ostensibly about China the book is equally focused on the various westerners he met during the trip and their struggles to accept or ...
To Live (simplified Chinese: 活着; traditional Chinese: 活著; pinyin: Huózhe) is a novel written by Chinese novelist Yu Hua in 1993. It describes the struggles endured by Fugui, the son of a wealthy land-owner, while historical events caused and extended by the Chinese Revolution are fundamentally altering the nature of Chinese society.
Lao She then turned to a new project and started Cat Country, [4] which had been commissioned by Shi Zhecun. [3] The novel first appeared in serialised form between August 1932 and April 1933 in the journal Xiandai (現代 / "Les Contemporains") [5] [6] and then as a standalone book in August 1933, published by Xiandai Shuju (現代書局) in ...
The story is told chronologically, with each chapter focusing on a different species of beast. [2] When she is not tracking down stories of beasts, the narrator is chain-smoking and drinking, alone or with company, at the Dolphin bar. [2] Throughout the novel, the narrator meets and, inevitably, becomes emotionally involved with each type of ...
The book is a memoir of his experience in Fuling, told in first person. The language used is deliberately informal and aims to convey the beauty of the city and the poignancy of the stories. One of the features of the book is that most of its chapters can be read out of order without confusion.
17: 漢興以來諸侯王年表: Yearly Table of the Nobles of the Imperial Clan since the Han Dynasty's Founding: Nobles of the imperial family who held titles of nobility 18: 高祖功臣侯者年表: Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu: Officials who received marquis titles in the time of Emperor Gaozu of ...
The film The Last Emperor features the book. In the fourth impression, published in December 1934 by Victor Gollancz Ltd., additional information such as the fully spread fan (pp. 448–9) was developed and some important parts of the history, such as the confinement of Cao Kun (p. 381) and Kang Youwei 's escape from the country (p. 17), were ...
Brothers was a new realm of literature for Yu Hua, with the novel often being described as extremely crude and expletive. [4] Brothers has experienced great success with nearly 1 million copies sold in China. [citation needed] By 2019, Yu Hua's works had been published in 38 countries and translated into 35 different languages. [5]