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Shen Congwen

Born

in Fenghuang,Hunan, China

December 28, 1902

Died

May 10, 1988

Genre

Fiction, Nonfiction

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Shen Congwen (沈从文, December 28, 1902 – May 10, 1988), formerly romanized as Shen Ts'ung-wen, was one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, on par with Lu Xun. Regional culture and identity plays a much bigger role in his writing than that of other major early modern Chinese writers. He was known for combining the vernacular style with classical Chinese writing techniques. Shen is the most important of the "native soil" writers in modern Chinese literature...

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Average rating: 3.98 · 1,767 ratings · 205 reviews · 292 distinct works • Similar authors

	Border Town by Shen Congwen, Jeffrey C. Kinkley (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 1,492 ratings — published 1934 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calma by Shen Congwen, Maialen Marín Lacarta (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1932 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recollections of West Hunan by Shen Congwen, Gladys Yang (Translator) 4.44 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1982 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Short Stories of Shen Congwen (Bilingual Series in Modern Chinese Literature) by Shen Congwen, Jeffrey C. Kinkley (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Border Town and Other Stories by Shen Congwen, Gladys Yang (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	边城集 by Shen Congwen, 沈从文 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	湘行集 by Shen Congwen, 沈从文 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	长河 by Shen Congwen, 沈从文 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الطفلة العروس by Shen Congwen, عبدالعزيز حمدي عبدالعزيز (ترجمة), لي جيه (مراجعة) 2.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	沈從文家書 by Shen Congwen, 沈從文, 張兆和 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Shen Congwen

沈从文别集 (15 books)
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Shen Congwen,

沈从文

4.10 avg rating — 41 ratings

Quotes by Shen Congwen (?)

“我行过许多地方的桥
看过许多次数的云
喝过许多种类的酒
却只爱过一个正当最好年龄的人
我应该为自己感到庆幸”
― Congwen Shen

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“Wind and sun have tanned the growing girl's skin, her eyes resting on green hills are as clear as crystal. Nature is her mother and teacher, making her innocent, lively, and untamed as some small wild creature.”
― Shen Congwen, Border Town

tags: china, nature, rural, sun, wild, wildness

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“And Cuicui--Cuicui was thinking about so many things, amid the calls of the finches and cuckoo birds in the mountains and the chop of lumbermen, felling bamboos in the valley.s Stories of tigers eating people, and the mountain songs people sang to belittle and make fun of each other, the square pit in which papermakers mixed their pulp, the molten iron that flowed out of a foundry smelting furnace--she felt compelled to recollect everything her ears had heard and her eyes had seen. It seemed to be her way of putting aside the present matter and wishing it away. And yet she misunderstood what was really going on. (91)”
― Shen Congwen, Border Town

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What frequently challenged or banned book (or book about censorship) for adults/with adult themes should we read in June and July 2013?

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

42 votes, 31.8%

Beloved by Toni Morrison

38 votes, 28.8%

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel

29 votes, 22.0%

Border Town: A Novel by Shen Congwen

14 votes, 10.6%

Private Parts by Howard Stern

9 votes, 6.8%

132 total votes

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