Congwen Shen: 2 books
Border Town
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
New in the Harper Perennial Modern Chinese Classics series, Border**Townis a classic Chinese novel—banned by Mao’s regime—that captures the ideals of rural China through the moving story of a young woman and her grandfather. Originally published in 1934 by author Shen Congwen, this beautifully...
by Shen Congwen
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Recollections of Western Hunan is a collection of the letters and essays of Chinese novelist Shen Congwen. Describing his childhood and life in Western Hunan between 1902 and 1937, this collection paints a vivid picture of both the idyllic beauty and turmoil of life in a province once known as the “bandit area,” a countryside shrouded in mystery, mysticism, and chaos.