Wartime Wandering

30 books

Trapped in 'Black Russia': Letters June-November 1915 cover
Rating 3.0
Trapped in 'Black Russia': Letters June-November 1915 Pierce, Ruth Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Du Fu's Poetry and Life cover
Rating 4.5
Du Fu's Poetry and Life 目加田诚 / 陈翰希 Sino-Culture Press · 2026 This book is a critical biography of Du Fu that primarily uses his poems to narrate his life. It is divided into chapters including "Youth," "Grand Tr…
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Rating 3.9
The Story of Feng Zikai 褚万根 / 杨子耘 / 杨朝婴 Sino-Culture Press · 2025 From a naive child in the water towns of Shimenwan to a founder of modern Chinese cartoon art, from the moonlit serenity of Yuanyuan Hall to displacem…
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Rating 3.0
Dark Willows and Bright Flowers Gu Mingdao · 2025 *Light Beyond the Willows* is a novel by Gu Mingdao. It tells of two ill-fated sisters who, after separations and reunions and a life of wandering, ch…
The Du Fu Biography You Can Finish in Half an Hour cover
Rating 1.8
The Du Fu Biography You Can Finish in Half an Hour 辛澄 · 2025 He is the "Poet Sage," and more than that, a historian who chronicled an entire nation through a lifetime of suffering. This book, in lively and acces…
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Rating 4.4
Biography of Du Fu Feng Zhi Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025 Du Fu's era was one that turned from the "golden age of the Kaiyuan reign" to a time when "on the roads one sees only weeping, in the cities no songs …
Dark Willows and Bright Flowers cover
Rating 3.5
Dark Willows and Bright Flowers Gu Mingdao · 2024 Liu An Hua Ming is a novel by Gu Mingdao. It tells of two ill-fated sisters who, after many partings and reunions and much wandering, and after moving…
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Rating 4.6
The Yishan Collection Yuan Haowen · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought are distinctive: …
Record of Taking Refuge from Disorder in the Jiyou Year cover
Rating 3.0
Record of Taking Refuge from Disorder in the Jiyou Year 胡舜申 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early forms …
After Mr. Mo Xuyou Took a Plane (Part 2) cover
Rating 4.2
After Mr. Mo Xuyou Took a Plane (Part 2) Fei Ming (Feng Wenbing) · 2024 Mr. Nobody Takes a Plane (Part Two) is Fei Ming's last novel and is marked by a "return to simplicity." In the chapter "Mr. Nobody Sets About Writing …
After Mr. Mo Xuyou Took a Plane (Part 3) cover
Rating 4.2
After Mr. Mo Xuyou Took a Plane (Part 3) Fei Ming (Feng Wenbing) · 2024 Mr. Nobody Takes a Plane (Part Two) is Fei Ming's last novel and is marked by a "return to simplicity." In the chapter "Mr. Nobody Sets About Writing …
The Complete Poems of Du Fu cover
Rating 4.8
The Complete Poems of Du Fu 曹寅 / 彭定求 / 子昂文化 · 2024 This poetry collection is part of the Complete Tang Poems (Quan Tang Shi). It was compiled by imperial order during the Kangxi reign of the Qing dynas…
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Rating 4.7
The Great Flowing River 齐邦媛 SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2025 The author Qi Bangyuan's father, Qi Shiying, was a passionate young man who studied in Germany in the early years of the Republic of China and a refor…
Collected Works of Du Fu cover
Rating 4.5
Collected Works of Du Fu 倪其心 / 吴鸥 / Huang Yongnian Phoenix Books, Ltd. · 2023 Du Fu is a great realist poet in the history of Chinese poetry. He cared deeply about the hardships of the common people and is honored as the Sage of…
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Rating 4.2
Endless Long Days 塞巴斯蒂安·巴里 / 杨凌峰 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023 Days Without End is a novel by the Irish writer Sebastian Barry. It won the 2016 Costa Book Award and the 2017 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Ficti…
Wei Zhuang: Who Says a Broken Heart Cannot Be Painted? cover
Rating 2.7
Wei Zhuang: Who Says a Broken Heart Cannot Be Painted? 唐婷婷 Hohai University Press · 2022 Wei Zhuang was a renowned poet and ci writer of the late Tang dynasty; his works span diverse subjects and are elegant and refined in style. This book…
Return cover
Rating 2.7
Return 顾仲起 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2021 The Return is a selection of Gu Zhongqi's revolutionary literary fiction, including such representative works as "The Last Letter", "The Return", "Sui…
Biography of Li Qingzhao: The World's Weather Is Unpredictable, Yet I Am Peerlessly Elegant cover
Rating 3.3
Biography of Li Qingzhao: The World's Weather Is Unpredictable, Yet I Am Peerlessly Elegant 林希美 Taihai Publishing House · 2025 This distinctive biography blends the story of a remarkable life with exquisite classical verse. With delicate, luminous prose, meticulous research, a…
Soul of the Thatched Cottage: Du Fu, Sage of Poetry of His Age cover
Rating 3.7
Soul of the Thatched Cottage: Du Fu, Sage of Poetry of His Age 吴佳骏 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 This book is one of the works in the "Sichuan's Ten Great Historical Figures Novel Series." The novel's structure is very clear: it follows a chronolo…
Selected Works of Lin Huiyin (Selected Works of Famous Authors) cover
Rating 4.0
Selected Works of Lin Huiyin (Selected Works of Famous Authors) Lin Huiyin Yangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House · 2021 This Selected Works of Lin Huiyin gathers her most celebrated poems, essays, short stories, and letters, showcasing the literary brilliance and person…