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Saturday, 12 November 2016

The Butcher's Wife By Li Ang

Title	:	The Butcher's Wife
Author	:	Li Ang
ISBN	:	072061161X
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	142

Chen Jiangshui is a pig butcher in a small coastal Taiwanese town Stocky, with a paunch and deep set beady eyes, he resembles a pig himself His brutality towards his new young wife, Lin Shi, knows no bounds The she screams, the he likes it She is further isolated by the vicious gossip of her neighbors who condemn her for screaming aloud As they see it, women Chen Jiangshui is a pig butcher in a small coastal Taiwan More...

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Saturday, 8 October 2016

The Debt of Tears (The Story of the Stone #4) By Cao Xueqin

Title	:	The Debt of Tears (The Story of the Stone #4)
Author	:	Cao Xueqin
ISBN	:	0140443711
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	400

The Story of the Stone c 1760 , also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber , is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature Divided into five volumes, of which The Debt of Tears is the fourth, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family a story which closely accords with the fortunes of the author s own family The two main cha The Story of the Stone c 1760 , also known by the title More...

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Sunday, 14 August 2016

Three Kingdoms By Luo Guanzhong

Title	:	Three Kingdoms
Author	:	Luo Guanzhong
ISBN	:	7119005901
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	2339

The empire, long divided, must unite long united, must divide Thus it has ever been With this characterization of the inevitable cycle of Chinese history, the monumental tale Three Kingdoms begins As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this Ming Dynasty masterpiece continues to be read and loved throughout China as well as in Ja The empire, long divided, must unite long u More...

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Tuesday, 2 August 2016

The Dreamer Wakes (The Story of the Stone #5) By Cao Xueqin

Title	:	The Dreamer Wakes (The Story of the Stone #5)
Author	:	Cao Xueqin
ISBN	:	014044372X
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	384

The Story of the Stone c 1760 , also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber , is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature The fifth part of Cao Xueqin s magnificent saga, The Dreamer Awakes , was carefully edited and completed by Gao E some decades later It continues the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao yu, now married to B The Story of the Stone c 1760 , also known as The Dr More...

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Saturday, 11 June 2016

The Crab-Flower Club (The Story of the Stone #2) By Cao Xueqin

Title	:	The Crab-Flower Club (The Story of the Stone #2)
Author	:	Cao Xueqin
ISBN	:	0140443266
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	608

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Monday, 2 May 2016

The Analects By Confucius

Title	:	The Analects
Author	:	Confucius
ISBN	:	0140443487
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	160

This lively new translation with clear explanatory notes by one of the foremost scholars of classical Chinese provides the ideal introduction to the Analects for readers who have no previous knowledge of the Chinese language and philosophical traditions How dare I claim to be a sage or a benevolent man By constructing the philosophy expressed through The Analects, Confuc This lively new translation with clear More...

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Monday, 18 April 2016

On Gold Mountain By Lisa See

Title	:	On Gold Mountain
Author	:	Lisa See
ISBN	:	0679768521
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	448

Out of the stories heard in her childhood in Los Angeles s Chinatown and years of research, See has constructed this sweeping chronicle of her Chinese American family, a work that takes in stories of racism and romance, entrepreneurial genius and domestic heartache, secret marriages and sibling rivalries, in a powerful history of two cultures meeting in a new world 82 pho Out of the stories heard in her childhood in Los Angeles s Chinatown and years of research, See has constructed this sweeping More...

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Saturday, 10 October 2015

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers By Xiaolu Guo

Title	:	A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
Author	:	Xiaolu Guo
ISBN	:	0701180382
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	354

When a young Chinese woman, newly arrived in London, moves in with her English boyfriend, she decides it s time to write a Chinese English dictionary for lovers Xiaolu s first novel in English is an utterly original journey of self discovery. More...

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Friday, 4 September 2015

Death Fugue By Sheng Keyi

Title	:	Death Fugue
Author	:	Sheng Keyi
ISBN	:
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	375

Published for the first time in English by Giramondo, Death Fugue is the bold attempt by a prominent Chinese novelist to confront the legacy of protest and suppression which haunts her generation Sheng Keyi was born in Hunan province in 1973 and lives in Beijing Death Fugue is her sixth novel, and the second to be published in English translation, after Northern Girls 2 Published for the first ti More...

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Friday, 13 March 2015

Kikkers By Mo Yan

Title	:	Kikkers
Author	:	Mo Yan
ISBN	:	9044518356
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	413

Een scherpe en humoristische kijk op het Chinese nkindbeleid, vanuit het perspectief van een gynaecologe.Voet Wan, bijgenaamd Kikkervisje, schrijft een boek over zijn tante, een bekende gynaecologe Ze is aanvankelijk de heldin van het dorp, maar wordt gezien als een duivelin wanneer ze actief gaat meewerken aan de nkindpolitiek en regelmatig mannen steriliseert en zwa Een scherpe en humoristische kijk op het Chinese nkindbeleid, vanuit het perspectief van More...

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Thursday, 11 December 2014

De pauw huilt By Hong Ying

Title	:	De pauw huilt
Author	:	Hong Ying
ISBN	:	9044509462
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	286

Title	:	The Song of Everlasting Sorrow
Author	:	Wang Anyi
ISBN	:	0231143427
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	440

Set in post World War II Shanghai, The Song of Everlasting Sorrow follows the adventures of Wang Qiyao, a girl born of the longtong, the crowded, labyrinthine alleys of Shanghai s working class neighborhoods.Infatuated with the glitz and glamour of 1940s Hollywood, Wang Qiyao seeks fame in the Miss Shanghai beauty pageant, and this fleeting moment of stardom becomes th Set in post World War II Shanghai, The Song of E More...

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Friday, 8 March 2013

The People's Republic of Chemicals By William J. Kelly

Title	:	The People's Republic of Chemicals
Author	:	William J. Kelly
ISBN	:	1940207258
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	280

Maverick environmental writers William J Kelly and Chip Jacobs follow up their acclaimed Smogtown with a provocative examination of China s ecological calamity already imperiling a warming planet Toxic smog most people figured was obsolete needlessly kills as many as died in the 9 11 attacks every day, while sometimes Grand Canyon sized drifts of industrial particles alo Maverick environmental writers William J Kelly and Chip Jacobs follow up their More...

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