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Furrows, peasants, intellectuals, and the state : stories and histories from modern China /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Siu, Helen F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1990.
Subjects:
Short stories, Chinese.
Chinese fiction > 20th century.
Peasants > China > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Authors, Chinese > 20th century > Political and social views.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. The frailty of power
  • Mud / Mao Dun
  • A certain day / Wu Zuxiang
  • On the oxcart / Xiao Hong
  • The way of the beast / Sha Ting
  • Rumbling in Xu family village / Ai Wu
  • Pt. II. The force of dogma
  • The widow Tian and her pumpkins / Zhao Shuli
  • The first step / Kang Zhuo
  • Taking charge / Fang Zhi
  • Firm and impartial / Hao Ran
  • Pt. III. Critique and ambivalence
  • A gift of land / Gao Xiaosheng
  • The ivy-covered cabin / Gu Hua
  • Electing a thief / Li Rui
  • Leisure: tending a vegetable plot / Yang Jiang
  • Deja Vu / Han Shaogong
  • Floodtime / Jia Pingwa
  • Chimney smoke / Ah Cheng
  • Pt. IV. Furrows
  • Preface to Letters between two places / Lu xun
  • Superfluous words / Qu Qiubai
  • Wild lilies / Wang Shiwei
  • Do not close your eyes to the sufferings of the people / Huang Qiuyn
  • A happy life and the art of writing / Hao Ran
  • How I came to write "Lilies on a comforter" / Ru Zhijuan
  • What did I want to tell my readers / Li zhun
  • Father / Ah Cheng.