Pingwa Jia

"Jia Pingwa introduces readers to his novel's antihero Zhuang Zhidie, a famous contemporary writer and an infamous lothario, who struggles with his own exacting artistic and literary standards, his "celebrity", and his inevitable disappointment in his various sexual liaisons. A cautionary tale of what it means to live in rapidly-changing China and the trappings of nostalgia, an unrequited romanticism for China's pre-modern, rural past" --

a novel

Ruined city

In a novel of life in post-Mao China, an idealistic reporter discovers the abuses and corruption of rival gangs while encountering revolutionaries, bureaucrats, farmers, and artists in the new China. Reprint.

A Novel

Turbulence

This book includes four tales of frustrated love, colored with an underlying violence and latent eroticism. Four seductive and passionate women are the saviours of the poor souls who succumb to their charms. Through the portrayal of the life and experience of the bandits in the mountain areas, Tianjian the county magistrate, Liu Ziyan the geomancer, Wukui the bride carrier and Bai Lan the bandit chieftain, stand out as images of those who have chosen a destiny born of the folly of love.

Heavenly Rain

Evening Glow of an Imperial City

Old Xi'an

自在独行

Jia Pingwa zi xuan ji

The Heavenly Hound

Cherry Town is a remote community located deep in the Qinling Mountains in the southern Shanxi province. There, a beautiful, college-educated woman is appointed to serve as director of the new office of social management. Daideng, whose adopted name literally means"the lantern bearer" as a poetic reference to the firefly, works closely with one of her young officers, an unmarried woman named Zhuzi. Together, they must address a myriad of grievances brought by the townspeople-ranging from the pervasive lice infestation to the building of a new factory, which will provide the impoverished town with a significant economic stimulus at the risk of polluting the region's delicate ecosystem and damaging the town's scenery. Often distracted by her empathy for the villagers, Daideng's soft heart often proves to be her downfall.

Pingwa Jia

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