Liu Zhenyun: 4 books
The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon
A Novel of Contemporary China
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon, by prize-winning Chinese novelist Liu Zhenyun is a novel of Beijing that paints a microcosm of contemporary China, dealing with classes at the two extremes: the super rich and the migrant workers who make them rich through deceit and corruption.
The...
Remembering 1942
And Other Chinese Stories
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
One of China’s most honored, award-winning, and bestselling authors presents six humorous and moving tales that capture the pulse of the nation’s people.
Celebrated for his novels satirizing contemporary China, Liu Zhenyun is also renowned for his short stories. Remembering 1942 and Other Chinese...
I Did Not Kill My Husband
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Li Xuelian, married to Qin Yuhe, is pregnant with their second child. Happy news? Not in China, with its one-child policy. It is a crime. What is she to do? Her only option is divorcing before the second child is born.
Once the baby has entered into the household registry, we’ll marry again....
Scheidung auf Chinesisch
Roman
Language: German
Release Date: January 14, 2016
Die 29-jährige Li Xuelian wird schwanger. Eine Katastrophe! Denn sie hat bereits einen Sohn von fünf Jahren - und ihr Mann arbeitet in einem staatlichen Unternehmen und hat damit quasi eine Beamtenstelle. Wer mit einem solchen Status gegen die chinesische Ein-Kind-Politik verstößt, verliert alles....