She Lao

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.

A Novel

Rickshaw Boy

Mr Ma and his son Ma Wei run an antiques shop nestled in a quiet street by St Paul's Cathedral in London, where, far from their native Peking, they struggle to navigate the bustling pavements and myriad social conventions of 1920s English society. From their well-meaning landlady Mrs Wedderburn and her carefree daughter Mary, to the old China hands the Reverend Ely and his formidable wife, the Mas encounter all sorts in this story of unexpected love, crossed wires and antipathy. A major contribution to the early twentieth-century conversation on Sino-British relations, Mr Ma and Son is a compelling, witty tale of cultural give-and-take from one of China's best-loved authors. With an introduction by Julia Lovell 'London as you have never seen it before.' Robert Bickers

Mr Ma and Son

A Play in Three Acts

Teahouse

This novel marks the peak of Lao She's career as a professional writer and registers a new approach to the representation of China in its absurdist situation. It can be read as an "epic" of modern China.

Camel Xiangzi

老舍

This play portrays the life of the owner of a Beijing teahouse and his customers through 50 years of upheaval in China. Spanning from 1898 to the late 1940s, scenes change from late Qing dynasty to the early days of the Republic, then after to post-1945 when Guomindang soldiers take over the city.

茶館

Lao She s'était, dit-on, lié d'amitié avec une famille de chanteurs au tambour qui lui aurait inspiré les personnages de ce roman. C'était à Chongqing, entre 1938 et 1945, pendant la guerre de résistance contre les Japonais. La petite troupe haute en couleurs que forment Baoqing et sa famille fait face à l'adversité avec énergie, fière de son art ancestral. Car l'ennemi, dans ce roman, vient surtout de l'intérieur. Lao She décrit avec une verve satirique les préjugés et le mépris social entourant ces bateleurs de l'ancienne Chine et se dépeint lui-même sous les traits de Meng Liang, un jeune écrivain progressiste qui initie Baoqing aux idées nouvelles et s'attache particulièrement au destin de Grâce, sa fille adoptive. La jeune fille revendique la liberté d'aimer et de choisir elle-même son mari : son courage, sa force représentent l'avenir de la Chine. " Je n'ai pas peur que mes os soient broyés car ils serviront d'engrais pour faire pousser les fleurs de la liberté, dit Meng Liang à la fin des Tambours. Si Grâce peut connaître un jour le bonheur, alors il y a de l'espoir pour la Chine. "

Les tambours

Crescent Moon and Other Stories

Jian-lih Chang

With Critical Introduction

A Translation of Lao She's "The Burning Train"

A Satirical Novel of China in the 1930's Lao She

Cat Country

Lao-She-xinshixuan

Samuel B. Brightwell

A Translation of a Play by Lao She

A Family Portrait

This is the large print, complete and unabridged edition of the original classic - Beneath the Red Banner by Lao She. It's 16 point font size, on 60# paper in a large 8"x10" format. Lao She, pen name of Shu Qingchun. He was a banner person, belonging to the "Red Banner" of the "Manchurian eight banners". He lived in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, when the society is turbulent and the people lived in destitution. Seeing the Qing Dynasty on the decline, his and Beijing people's life are broken...

Beneath the Red Banner

A Lao She Reader

Lao She, pen name of Shu Qingchun. He was a banner person, belonging to the "Red Banner" of the "Manchurian eight banners". He lived in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, when the society is turbulent and the people lived in destitution. Seeing the Qing Dynasty on the decline, his and Beijing people's life are broken...

Zhen Hongqi Xia by Lao She

Selected works of Lao She

Selected short stories and essays of Lao She

A Novel by Lao She

Ma and Son

William Dolby

a Chinese reader with full text, romanisation & vocabulary

Lao She's "The neighbours"

“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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