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China in Ten Words (simplified Chinese: 十个词汇里的中国; traditional Chinese: 十個詞彙裡的中國; pinyin: shí gè cíhuì lǐ de zhōngguó) is an essay collection by the contemporary Chinese author Yu Hua, who is known for his novels To Live, Chronicle of a Blood Merchant, and Brothers.
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.
Kwan-Terry 1978: "Wu Pao-an Ransoms His Friend" [10] 吳保安棄家贖友 9 "Duke Pei of Jin Returns a Concubine to Her Rightful Husband" 裴晉公義還原配: 10 "Magistrate Teng Settles the Case of Inheritance with Ghostly Cleverness" Yang & Yang 1957: [11] "The Hidden Will" Zonana et al. 1978: "Magistrate T'eng and the Case of Inheritance ...
Strange Beasts of China has been well received by critics, appearing on both The New York Times Book Review's list of 100 Notable Books of 2021 [13] and The Washington Post ' s list of Best science fiction, fantasy and horror of 2021. [12] It was also a runner-up for the 2021 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. [14]
[1] In 2004, the writer Gregory Clark described it as "a viciously anti-China book" that "contrasts an allegedly dirty, devious Chinese nation with the trustworthy, hardworking Japanese". [ 58 ] Though the book was originally to be called "Chinese Merry-Go-Round", [ 59 ] the title under which it was ultimately published is a quote from Bret ...
Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine is a book about the Great Chinese Famine by British author Jasper Becker, the former Beijing bureau chief for the South China Morning Post. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Becker interviewed peasants in Henan Province and Anhui Province , both of which were significantly affected by the famine. [ 3 ]
After Bao sets the library on fire, Mei-wen harshly criticizes him. [17] Mei-wen goes into the library with a foreign scholar and attempts to salvage books until the library collapses, killing her. Father Bey – A French missionary working in China. Disgusted by church corruption in his own country, he decided to go to China after hearing ...
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 ...