Modern Prose

30 books

Blossom: Eileen Chang's First Half cover
Rating 3.0
Blossom: Eileen Chang's First Half 淳子 SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2016 This book is a biography of Eileen Chang by Shanghai writer and arts editor Chunzi, a companion volume to Fallen Petals: Eileen Chang's Second Half an…
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Rating 4.6
Shen Congwen's Later Years: 1948–1988 Zhang Xinying Guangxi Normal University Press · 2014 This book is a biography of Shen Congwen's later years by Zhang Xinying, a professor in the Department of Chinese at Fudan University, covering the fo…
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The Most Beautiful Love Letters of the Republic of China Era Xu Zhimo / Lu Xun / Xiao Hong / Zhu Shenghao / Yu Dafu / Wen Yiduo / Zhu Xiang / Lu Yin Volumes Publishing Company · 2015 This book is one title in the "Diancang" (Collector's Edition) series. Written by Xu Zhimo and others, it selects representative love letters by eight…
At the Dawn of Civilization: Historical Lessons from Early Civilizations cover
At the Dawn of Civilization: Historical Lessons from Early Civilizations 大卫·温格罗 CITIC Press · 2025 This book is by David Wengrow, Professor of Comparative Archaeology at University College London and co-author of The Dawn of Everything. Its original…
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Inside the Great Writers of the Republic of China: The Literary Masters Minguo Wenlin Modern Press · 2018 This book is the **literature volume** of the Inside the Great Writers of the Republic of China series. The author, Minguo Wenlin, is a Beijing-based …
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Heart-Hunting Kingship Yinhui Bingshuang · 2012 Heart-Hunting Kingship is a long-running Western fantasy web novel by Yinhui Bingshuang, serialized on Qidian.com since March 2012. Spanning over five…
Xu Zidong's Collected Works, Vol. 2: Reading Zhang Ailing Closely (Revised and Expanded Edition) cover
Xu Zidong's Collected Works, Vol. 2: Reading Zhang Ailing Closely (Revised and Expanded Edition) 许子东 Shanghai Joint Publishing Company · 2025 Close Readings of Eileen Chang is the culmination of Xu Zidong’s thirty years of research on Eileen Chang, now presented as an expanded and revised se…
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Night Feast Ruoshui Qianliu Night Feast is a xianxia sweet-romance web novel by Ruoshui Qianliu, serialized to completion on Jinjiang Literature City at roughly 250,000 words and…
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The Complete Works of Xiao Hong Xiao Hong New World Press · 2012 The Complete Works of Xiao Hong (Value Gold Edition) is a commonly seen popular reader of Xiao Hong's works, published in October 2012 by New World Pr…
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Rating 4.2
The Anxieties of a Connoisseur of Anecdotes Song Xiyu Zhonghua Book Company · 2024 The Anxieties of a Connoisseur of Anecdotes is the first book by young literary and historical researcher Song Xiyu, published in October 2024 by Zhon…
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Rating 4.2
Lu Xun Among Mortals (Volumes One and Two) Lin Xianzhi People's Literature Publishing House · 2010 Lu Xun Among Mortals is a long biography of Lu Xun by the poet and scholar Lin Xianzhi, totaling about 770,000 Chinese characters and one of the longe…
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The Collected Works of Lu Xun, Compiled by Himself Lu Xun Yilin Press · 2013 The Collected Works of Lu Xun, Compiled by Himself is a 22-volume set of Lu Xun's writings published by Yilin Press (Phoenix One Power) in 2013. The t…
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Rating 3.6
My WWII Can't Be This Moe Yuemian My Second World War Could Not Possibly Be This Moe is an alternate-history web novel by the online author "Yuemian" (also known by the handle Shenwu L…
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Rating 4.3
Soul Tour Guide Gu Dashi Soul Tour Guide is an urban supernatural web novel by Gu Dashi, serialized on Qidian from September 2017 and completed in June 2018, totaling about 1.…
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Rating 4.0
Spring Wine Liang Yuchun Beijing Publishing House · 2022 Spring Wine is a collection of essays compiled by the modern Chinese essayist Liang Yuchun (1906–1932), first published in 1930 by Beixin Book Company…
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Er Yi Ji (And That Is All) Lu Xun People's Literature Publishing House · 2022 Er Yi Ji is Lu Xun's fifth self-compiled collection of essays, containing twenty-nine pieces written in 1927 plus an appendix, "Dayan Fahui," written …
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Rating 4.0
The Complete Works of Bing Xin (2nd Edition) (8-Volume Set) Bing Xin (Xie Wanying) / Zhuo Ru Fujian Straits Literature and Art Publishing House The Complete Works of Bing Xin is edited by the Bing Xin scholar Zhuo Ru and published by Haixia Literature and Art Publishing House. The first editio…
Gu Dao Chang Sheng (The Dao of Longevity) cover
Gu Dao Chang Sheng (The Dao of Longevity) Shuijiao Hui Bianbai Qidian Gu Dao Chang Sheng is an urban xianxia novel by the web author Shui Jiao Hui Bian Bai (Sleep Will Turn White), serialized on Qidian from December 2016…
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Rating 4.2
Caravans James A. Michener Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2013 Caravans is a novel by James A. Michener, the American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of historical fiction. The simplified Chinese edition was transla…
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Rating 4.5
Life Is Inherently Simple Feng Zikai Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2016 Life Is Inherently Simple is a selected collection of essays and cartoons by Feng Zikai, published with authorization from his daughter Feng Yiyin. It…