The Dream of the Red Chamber
By: Cao Xueqin , Mark van Doren , Chi-chen Wang
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
For more than a century and a half, Dream of the Red Chamber has been recognized in China as the gr…
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1. Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
By: Pu Songling , John Minford
4.08
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection from T… read more
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"A man eager to climb famous mountains must have the patience to follow a winding path. A man eager to eat bear's paw must have the patience to simmer it slowly. A man eager to watch the moonlight mus…"-Pu Songling, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
2. Frog
By: Mo Yan , Howard Goldblatt
3.56
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Mo Yan chronicles the sweeping history of modern China through the lens of the nation's controversi… read more
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3. Monkey: The Journey to the West
By: Wu Cheng'en , Arthur Waley , Hu Shih
1.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East, this classic combination of picaresq… read more
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4. Fortress Besieged
By: Qian Zhongshu , Nathan K. Mao , Jeanne Kelly
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set on the eve of the Sino-Japanese War, our hapless hero Fang Hung-chien (a la Emma Bovary), with … read more
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5. The Golden Days (The Story of the Stone #1)
By: Cao Xueqin , David Hawkes
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first p… read more
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6. Journey to the West (4-Volume Boxed Set)
By: Wu Cheng'en , W.J.F. Jenner
3.61
Format: 192 pages,
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7. Love in a Fallen City
By: Eileen Chang , Karen S. Kingsbury
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Eileen Chang is one of the great writers of twentieth-century China, where she enjoys a passionate … read more
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8. The Dream of the Red Chamber
By: Cao Xueqin , Mark van Doren , Chi-chen Wang
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
For more than a century and a half, Dream of the Red Chamber has been recognized in China as the gr… read more
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9. The Tale of Genji
By: Royall Tyler , Murasaki Shikibu
3.90
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
See an alternate cover edition . Written in the eleventh century, this portrait of courtly life in… read more
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10. Three Kingdoms: Classic Novel in Four Volumes
By: Luo Guanzhong , Moss Roberts
4.00
Format: 256 pages,
"The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been." With this … read more
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11. Outlaws of the Marsh (Vol. 1-4)
By: Luo Guanzhong , Shi Nai'an , Sidney Shapiro
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The Water Marginis one of the "Four Great Classical Novels" of Chinese literature. Based upon the s… read more
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12. Rickshaw Boy
By: Howard Goldblatt , Lao She
4.13
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
A beautiful new translation of beloved Chinese author Lao She's masterpiece of social realism, abou… read more
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13. Red Rose, White Rose
By: Eileen Chang , Karen S. Kingsbury
3.33
Format: 300 pages, Mass Market Paperback
There were two women in Zhenbao's life: one he called his white rose, the other his red rose. One w… read more
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14. From the Soil: The Foundations of Chinese Society, A translation of Fei Xiaotong's Xiangtu Zhongguo
By: None , None , None
4.43
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
This classic text by Fei Xiaotong, China's finest social scientist, was first published in 1947 and… read more
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16. Lust, Caution: The Story
By: Julia Lovell , Eileen Chang , None
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Now a major motion picture from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Bro… read more
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18. Taipei People
By: Pai Hsien-yung
4.32
Format: 484 pages, Paperback
Pai Hsien-yung is among the most important writers in contemporary Chinese and world literature. Hi… read more
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"The Brocade River carries springtide splendor to Heaven as to Earth; Above Jade Mountain the floating clouds transform the ancient to the present hour."-Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People
"As the saying goes, 'People do not stay in favor a thousand days; flowers do not stay in bloom a hundred days.' Nobody can count on being happy and prosperous a whole lifetime."-Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People
"The moon is sinking in the west, the moon is sinking. With all my heart of you I'm thinking - and you not knowing! A tender bush; who cares to tend it? From my fallen leaves the pains of love are gro…"-Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People
"As they gazed at the moon and the bright stars in the sky, Wang Kuei-sheng said that if he could use his family's gold bars to build a ladder to the heavens he would climb up and pluck the crescent m…"-Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People
19. Golden Age
By: Wang Xiaobo
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Like Gary Shteyngart or Michel Houellebecq, Wang Xiaobo is a Chinese literary icon whose satire for… read more
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"Death was always at your back, an infinite darkness coming to swallow you. I felt miniscule. No matter what I did, I would still be just as miniscule. But so long as I could walk, I could outrun deat…"-Wang Xiaobo, Golden Age
20. Call to Arms 呐喊
By: Lu Xun
4.32
Format: 443 pages, Paperback
Lu Xun (simplified Chinese: 鲁迅; traditional Chinese: 魯迅; pinyin: Lǔ Xùn) or Lu Hsün (Wade-Giles), w… read more
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21. Empire of Dark (Creatures of Sin & Seduction #1)
By: K.J. Jackson
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
I'm desperate to wipe his family from the earth. He's desperate to put a baby in my womb. He is … read more
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