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Spend Your Life on Beautiful Things
Zhejiang University Press · 2015
This is the first essay collection by financial journalist Wu Xiaobo, published by Zhejiang University Press in May 2015, totaling about 134,000 Chine…
Find Yourself Far Away
Beijing October Arts & Literature Publishing House · 2014
Find Yourself Far Away is the third volume in the "Walking" themed book series produced by Chen Kun and edited by Fei Yong, published in January 2014 …
The Paris Review Interviews 6
People's Literature Publishing House · 2022
The Paris Review Interviews 6 is the sixth volume in the simplified Chinese edition of The Paris Review Interviews series, jointly published by 99 Rea…
Nine Snows
Xinjiang People's Publishing House · 2003
Nine Snows is Li Juan's first essay collection and the starting point of her Altay writing. The pieces were written roughly between 1998 and 2001, whe…
My Treasures
Beijing October Arts & Literature Publishing House · 2017
My Treasures is one of Sanmao's signature essay collections, first published in 1987, with the contents serialized in Qiao and Crown magazines for ove…
I Shed Moonlight for You
Jiuzhou Press · 2017
I Shed Moonlight for You is an essay collection by the Taiwanese writer Jian Zhen, published in simplified Chinese by Jiuzhou Press in 2017, about 196…
Remembering the Eighties
Guangdong People's Publishing House · 2015
Remembering the Eighties is a collection of essays by Wang Xuedian, a historian and professor at Shandong University, published in the second series o…
May You Live Freely and Boldly
Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2025
May You Live Freely and Boldly is the first collection by Liu Kaixin—"wild artist, full-time patient, part-time corporate drone"—published by Motie Bo…
Shu Lü Ren
CITIC Press · 2016
Shu Lü Ren is a 2016 collection of essays by the folk singer and writer Zhong Lifeng (lead vocalist of the Borges band), gathering encounters and impr…
Not a Worry-Free Guy
Yangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House · 2013
Unquiet Mind is Feng Xiaogang’s second collection of essays, published by Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House in September 2013, ten years …
I Just Want to Stop and Look at the World
CITIC Press · 2012
I Just Want to Stop and Look at the World is a long travelogue by Chen Yuxin published by CITIC Press in 2012, one of the You and I Are All Travelers …
The Life I Understand
Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2013
The Life I Understand is a collection of essays and short pieces that Han Han released at the age of thirty, and another concentrated expression of hi…
Endless Green
Peking University Press · 2015
This book is a collection of essays on the flora and seasonal life of Jiangnan by Zhejiang-born author Song Letian, published by Peking University Pre…
Enjoying Good Essays Every Day
Enjoying Good Essays Every Day is an essay anthology intended for daily reading, a "big collection" literary title commonly found on the Amazon Kindle…
The Everyday Life of Dai Zitian the Cat
CITIC Press · 2016
This is an illustrated life record of a cat named Dai Zitian. The author, Yunling, is his "second sister" and a seasoned cat caretaker. Dai Zitian is …
It's Been a Long Time Since You Ate Properly
Hainan Publishing House · 2025
It's Been a Long Time Since You Ate Properly is a collection of food essays by the Singaporean writer and gastronome Cai Lan, produced by Dook Culture…
Feng Zikai: Our Family
Shanghai Joint Publishing Company · 2021
Feng Zikai: Our Family is a collection of Feng Zikai's essays about family and family members, edited by Yang Chaoying, Song Xuejun, and Yang Ziyun, p…
Life Is Great Fun
Jiangxi People's Publishing House · 2016
Life Is Great Fun is a selected collection of essays by Wang Zengqi. "Life is great fun" was one of his favorite sayings, and the book takes it as its…
When the Flowers Fall: A Funeral Director's Notes on Life and Death
People's Literature Publishing House · 2025
Dàliǎo is the Tianjin term for a funeral organizer and folk undertaker. This book is a work of documentary nonfiction by Han Yun (pen name Ziran), a w…
Three Meals Warm, Four Seasons Serene
Sichuan People's Publishing House · 2024
Three Meals Warm, Four Seasons Serene is a selection of essays by Wang Zengqi, published by Sichuan People's Publishing House in December 2024 and pro…