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Rickshaw Boy: A Novel [Paperback]

She Lao

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Book Description

Aug 30 2010

“Lao She’s great novel.”
The New York Times

 

A beautiful new translation of the classic Chinese novel from Lao She, one of the most acclaimed and popular Chinese writers of the twentieth century,  Rickshaw Boy chronicles the trials and misadventures of a poor Beijing rickshaw driver. Originally published in 1937, Rickshaw Boy—and the power and artistry of Lao She—can now be appreciated by a contemporary American audience.


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Product Details

  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (Aug 30 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0061436925
  • ISBN-13: 978-0061436925
  • Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.4 x 2 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 227 g
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #119,098 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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“An impressive novel of an individual struggling against and defeated by a corrupt society. Recommended for readers who enjoy modern tragedies such as Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres.” (Library Journal )

From the Back Cover

A beautiful new translation of beloved Chinese author Lao She's masterpiece of social realism, about the misadventures of a poor Beijing rickshaw driver

First published in China in 1937, Rickshaw Boy is the story of Xiangzi, an honest and serious country boy who works as a rickshaw puller in Beijing. A man of simple needs whose greatest ambition is to one day own his own rickshaw, Xiangzi is nonetheless thwarted, time and again, in his attempts to improve his lot in life.

One of the most important and popular works of twentieth-century Chinese literature, Rickshaw Boy is an unflinchingly honest, darkly comic look at a life on the margins of society and a searing indictment of the philosophy of individualism.


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