Border Town

Description

New in the Harper Perennial Modern Chinese Classics series, Border Town is 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 written novel tells the story of Cuicui, a young country girl who is coming of age in rural China in the tumultuous time before the communist revolution.

Binding Type: Paperback
Contributors: Congwen Shen,Jeffrey C. Kinkley (Author)
Published: 09/01/2009
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780061436918
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 0.50″ H x 7.90″ L x 5.20″ W

About the Author
Shen, Congwen: –

Shen Congwen (1902-1988) is one of the most influential writers in China’s modern history. His novel Border Town was banned under Mao’s regime, only to become an inspiration to a new generation of Chinese writers in the late twentieth century.