The 14 novellas and short stories of this collection represent the strengths of contemporary Chinese fiction, featuring writers from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the USA and New Zealand. It includes the work of popular mainland Chinese writers Mo Yan, Yu Hua and Su Tong.
David Der-wei Wang is Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature and Comparative Literature, Harvard University, and Director of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Inter-University Center for Sinology (CCK-IUC).