Boy in the Twilight Stories of the Hidden China

From the acclaimed author of Brothers and To Live: thirteen audacious stories that resonate with the beauty, grittiness, and exquisite irony of everyday life in China. Yu Hua’s narrative gifts, populist voice, and inimitable wit have made him one of the most celebrated and best-selling writers in China. These flawlessly crafted stories — unflinching in their honesty, yet balanced with humor and compassion — take us into the small towns and dirt roads that are home to the people who make China run. In the title story, a shopkeeper confronts a child thief and punishes him without mercy. “Victory” shows a young couple shaken by the husband’s infidelity, scrambling to stake claims to the components of their shared life. “Sweltering Summer” centers on an awkward young man who shrewdly uses the perks of his government position to court two women at once. Other tales show, by turns, two poor factory workers who spoil their only son, a gang of peasants who bully the village orpha...

Author: Hua Yu
ISBN: 9780307379368
Year of publication: 2014
Translator: Barr Allan H.
Number of pages: 178
Reading time: 2 h. 58 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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