Lapse of Time

by Wang Anyi

Book Overview

From the Contemporary Chinese Women Writers Series, this collection brings together seven stories by Wang Anyi, one of the most popular writers in Shanghai today. Anyi’s stories traverse the social... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835120317
• ISBN13: 9780835120319
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: China Books & Periodicals
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Life in China

A collection of well written stories telling about everyday life in China in the 1980s. The people described are touching, you wish to know more about them and how they cope with their lives. The book gives you a view of Chinese culture and way of thinking and it serves as a good introduction to contemporary Chinese literature.