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The Past and the Punishments
To travel through these stories is to cross a landscape of stunning beauty and terrific cruelty, where expectations are subverted, where moral certainties are shattered, where gorgeously wrought surfaces beguile at the same time that acts of incredible brutality horrify. It is no wonder that Yu Hua’s stories caused a sensation when they first appeared in the 1980s. His work represents a sophisticated and often disturbing revolution in the Chinese literary tradition, reminiscent of the fiction of modernists like Kafka, Kawabata, Borges, and Robbe-Grillet, but drawing inspiration from several strains of traditional Chinese narrative as well. This is the first collection of short fiction by Yu Hua to appear in English. It takes us on a haunting and harrowing journey from classical China through the Cultural Revolution and into the new era of economic reform, exploding along the way our preconceived notions of what Chinese literature and culture are all about in the 1990s.
Changganli
This story received Chinese National Best Network Novel Award for 2019. In the fictional Chinese city of Nandu, the ancient walls have enclosed the neighborhood of Changganli for 600 years. In the 1950s, as the citizens wanted to develop as fast as possible, “relics” like the city wall were deemed an obstacle to modernization and the order went out to dismantle it. But there are those who are willing to die to preserve the city’s cultural heritage and the wall survives to become a vital element in the lives of five young friends who grow up in its shadow. Coming of age in the 1980s and moving on to college and their careers, these five friends then find themselves at odds about preserv...
Campus Beauty Falls in Love with Me
He was in a desperate situation and had fortuitous encounters. From then on, his life was on the line! His brain was well-developed, equipped with superpowers, photographic memory, and extremely intelligent. The students who were at the bottom in the past had entered the university with the status of top scholar. Singing would allow him to become a Heavenly Emperor's superstar, play basketball would allow him to surpass the Hall of Fame, and play games would allow him to defeat the professional tyrants ... All the way back to the sect, glory and wealth came in one body!
Fake Funeral
We have a very secret ritual around here. It's called a fake burial.Fake burial, as the name implies, was a fake funeral.The old man at home was ill and wanted to find the patient's old clothes and make a dummy of him. It's called Regeneration.After the "Regeneration" was done, the old man's next of kin would carry it on his back and bury it on the mountain. This process was called burial sickness.That day, it was my turn to carry the "Regeneration". As a result, something strange happened.
High EQ Speaking
Whether it's about getting a promotion and a raise, falling in love or dealing with people in daily life, one needs to be good at expressing their own ideas and speaking to the heart of others. The art of speaking with high emotional intelligence lies in being able to understand human nature, making one's words both warm-hearted and effective. Even when offering criticism or making refusals, it can make others feel comfortable. People who are eloquent usually have good fortune. The "High Emotional Intelligence Language Training Course" comprehensively elaborates on how to gradually improve high emotional intelligence communication and conversation skills from aspects such as clear expression, firmly grasping people's hearts, hierarchical persuasion and resolving difficulties, aiming to solve the speaking problems that everyone may encounter.
The Diamond
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Sino-Iranica
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I Am My Mother's Memory
This is the story of the daughter of a survivor of the Holocaust. It is a simple but exquisite retelling of the first twenty two years of her life. Learning about her family´s past is only a part of the struggle, she also has to come to grips with the fact that the mother she knows as her own claims she is not her child! In addition to weaving a story, the fabric of which is rich and vibrant, Leah also designed the montages that accompany each chapter from her pictures and her large stamp collection. The montages give the reader a second story, historical and exciting!
Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Contains list of members.
