Logo of Shidai Literature Publishing House

Shidai Literature Publishing House

Also known as: 时代文艺, 时代文艺出版

Founded
1984
Country / Region
China
Notable books
Zitu Classics Library: Yukio Mishima · Spring SnowZitu Classics Library: Yukio Mishima · The Decay of the AngelZitu Classics Library: Yukio Mishima · Runaway Horses

374 books 197 authors

About the publisher

Shidai Literature Publishing House is a literary publisher known for foreign literature and classic works. Judging from the more than 300 titles in the catalog, its publishing focus is on foreign literature, essays and miscellaneous writings, classic works, and world masterpieces, with attention to translation quality and series-based presentation. Representative books include Yukio Mishima's Spring Snow, Runaway Horses, The Decay of the Angel, and Forbidden Colors in the Zitu Classic Library series, as well as Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Lu Xun's essays, and the four-volume The Sea of Fertility. Its translator resources include Chen Dewen, Gao Huiqin, Lu Qiushi, and Ding Kaite, while the authors involved include Yukio Mishima, Yasunari Kawabata, Lu Xun, and Jane Austen. The publisher is characterized by translated literature and reissues of classics, balancing popular reading with cultural accumulation; public information about its complete catalog and publishing plans is limited.

Published (374)

Someone Behind You cover
Someone Behind You Yu Yijian Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2011 Someone Behind You is a full-length suspense thriller by the writer Yu Yijian, first published around 2002 and reissued in a new edition by Times Lite…
The Bloody Crown: Emperor Guangwu, or the Show of Liu Xiu cover
Rating 4.0
The Bloody Crown: Emperor Guangwu, or the Show of Liu Xiu Cao Sheng Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2010 This book is a historical novel by Cao Sheng, a writer of the new school of historical fiction, following his long novel The Bloody Career: Li Si and …
Missing You to Meet Someone cover
Rating 3.7
Missing You to Meet Someone Yuètui Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2010 Missing You to Meet Someone is an urban romance novel by Yue Tui, published in January 2010 by Times Literature and Art Publishing House under the Mot…
Missing You, to Meet Whom cover
Rating 3.7
Missing You, to Meet Whom Yuètui Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2010 At the civil affairs bureau, Zhuang Ning is finalizing her divorce from her husband Qi Xiang, a marriage that was compromised from the start by ulteri…
Fleeting Years cover
Fleeting Years Lu Nian'an Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2010 Fleeting Years is a full-length coming-of-age novel by the young author Lu Nian'an, published in 2010 by Times Literature and Art Publishing House. Se…
Sky-Born Paper Kite cover
Sky-Born Paper Kite Tianlai Zhiyuan Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2010 This book is a full-length ancient-style novel by the web novelist Tianlai Zhiyuan (who later wrote under the name Junzi Yize), published by Times Lit…
One Extra cover
Rating 3.8
One Extra Yin He Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2009 One Extra is a full-length suspense-horror novel by the Jiangsu writer Yinhe (real name Chen Kezhi), first serialized on Tianya's "Lianpeng Guihua" an…
One Too Many cover
Rating 3.8
One Too Many Yin He Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2009 One Too Many is a full-length military horror novel by the writer Yinhe (real name Chen Kezhi), published in November 2009 by Times Literature and Art…
Senior Year cover
Senior Year Wang Xiaobo Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2009 Senior Year is an anthology edited by Times Literature and Art Publishing House in January 2009 to mark the tenth anniversary of Wang Xiaobo's death. …
How Far Is Happiness cover
How Far Is Happiness Shi Zhongshan Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2008 The story is set in the winter of 1981. Li Ping, a worker at Baihe Cigarette Factory, is much sought after for her beauty, yet she yearns for freedom …
The White Fox Under Heaven cover
Rating 3.5
The White Fox Under Heaven Luo Shui Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2006 The White Fox Under Heaven is an urban supernatural fantasy novel by Luo Shui, serialized on Qidian.com. It runs to about 1.16 million Chinese charact…
The Goblin Legend cover
The Goblin Legend ZENK Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2006 The Goblin Legend is a Western fantasy novel told from a goblin's perspective, narrated in the first person throughout. The narrator is the aged gobli…
To the Stars cover
Rating 3.5
To the Stars L. Ron Hubbard Shidai Literature Publishing House · 1998 To the Stars is a science fiction novel by L. Ron Hubbard. The story begins with a world war that nearly destroys human civilization: nuclear bombs, b…
Letters of Past Worthies on the Art of Living, Volume 1 cover
Letters of Past Worthies on the Art of Living, Volume 1 Xu Yitang / Liu Fengwen Shidai Literature Publishing House · 1995 Letters of Past Worthies on the Art of Living is an anthology of classical Chinese letters edited by Xu Yitang and Liu Fengwen. From the correspondenc…

Frequent authors

Yuwen Bao (43)《中学生博览》杂志社 (37)Feng Zhiyuan (30)陈德文 (14)Yukio Mishima (12)《作文与考试》杂志社 (8)Cao Sheng (8)Wang Fan (8)Victor Wang (8)Natsume Sōseki (7)张矗 (7)景喜猷 (7)