Empress Orchid Anchee MinĪnchee Min’s bestselling novel Empress Orchid takes place in the last days of the Forbidden City’s era of imperial glory. The result is a stunning masterpiece that adds layers to an incredible woman who deserves more than what the history books have to offer. Although history has painted Empress Wu as ruthless and brutal, this beautiful novel carefully tells the empress’s tale using vivid historical detail, biographical accuracy, and even poetry. In her bestselling novel Empress, Shan Sa brings to life Empress Wu, one of China’s most controversial figures. All of Lu Xun’s most famous short stories are included in this classic volume, including: “Storm in a Teacup,” “Village Opera,” “A Happy Family,” and “Forging the Swords,” to name a few. Not to be confused with Nikolai Gogol’s classic, this Diary of a Madman and Other Stories is written by Lu Xun, a well-known name in modern Chinese literature and the former head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in 1930s Shanghai. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories Lu Xun This great novel about China launches the saga of Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police, as she works to overcome the various political challenges standing in the way of investigating the death of a young “national model worker” who is found dead in a canal. Mystery lovers are sure to devour Death of a Red Heroine, the debut novel of Anthony Award winner Qiu Xiaolong. It tells the story of Jian Wan, a student who is assigned to care for his professor (and would-be future father-in-law) after the latter survives a terrible stroke. The novel was named as one of the “Best Books of the Year” by the Washington Post, San Jose Mercury News, Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times, among others. Ha Jin’s The Crazed is at once both an intimate look into communist Chinese society and a psychological treatise on the human mind. There, Jinhua’s discovers the unlimited possibilities such a city offers and the true love that greets her there -neither of which aren’t available to a woman like Jinhua in a China on the edge of rebellion and revolution. “Rescued” by a government emissary and made his concubine, Jinhua finds herself accompanying the man to the “foreign devil nation” of Austria-Hungary, to the elegant city of Vienna. Rather, it’s the sweeping saga of Jinhua, a young Chinese woman who in 1881 loses her family and is sold to a brothel-keeper at age seven. The Courtesan is not the simple love story its title may imply. In The Civil Servant’s Notebook, Western readers are offered a glimpse into the warped psyches of China’s highest political offices. Wang Xiaofang knows a thing or two about Chinese politics. He is the former personal secretary of Shenyang Deputy Mayor Ma Xiangdong, who was sentenced to death for gambling with public money. Wang Xiaofang has become quite famous for his novels depicting the dog-eat-dog world of Chinese government and politics. The Civil Servant’s Notebook Wang Xiaofang The book’s heroes, Number Ten Ox and Li Kao, set off on a daring adventure to find the Great Root of Power, the only thing that can cure the children. The beloved novel opens in a village where all of the children have fallen ill with a mysterious illness. Bridge of Birds: A Novel of Ancient China That Never Was Barry Hughartīridge of Birds may be science fiction in genre, but this beautiful and simply told story manages to capture authentic Chinese culture in ways that few books can. Despite the constant danger, the boys risk reading the literature ito find an escape from their reality. When the boys find a friend in the daughter of a local tailor, they’re thrilled to discover that the girl’s family has a hidden stash of Western classic literature. The international bestseller Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress tells the tale of two city boys who are exiled to an isolated village for the purpose of “re-education” during the Cultural Revolution. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Dai Sijie It follows a young woman who is driven to seek revenge and regain her independence after a series of events throws her into a life that is not of her choosing. Jepson’s novel takes place in a China on the edge of revolution. All the Flowers in Shanghai: A Novel Duncan JepsonĪll the Flowers in Shanghai is a sweeping historical fiction novel reminiscent of favorites like Memoirs of a Geisha and Empress. We searched bookshelves, lists of bestsellers, and countless reviews to find the 30 best novels about China. Whether you’re traveling to China or just dreaming of it, a good book provides an insight into the country that few other experiences can.
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