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  • Good Grave Ground

    JIA PING WA'S NOVELS, #4

    by Jia Pingwa ...
    Series Book 4 - JIA PING WA'S NOVELS
    In a remote Chinese village where tradition rules and fate is believed to lie beneath the earth, Liu Ziyan, a timid yet skilled Feng Shui master, makes his living by selecting auspicious burial sites—graves said to bring fortune to the families of the dead. Yet the irony of life is sharp: while he helps others, fate plays a cruel joke when his own chosen resting place fails to bring luck to his ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ruined City

    A Novel

    by Jia Pingwa ...
    Translated by Howard Goldblatt ...
    Series series Chinese Literature Today Book Series
    When originally published in 1993, Ruined City (Fei Du) was promptly banned by China’s State Publishing Administration, ostensibly for its explicit sexual content. Since then, award-winning author Jia Pingwa’s vivid portrayal of contemporary China’s social and economic transformation has become a classic, viewed by critics and scholars of Chinese literature as one of the most important novels of ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Prequel to Xiaoyue

    JIA PING WA'S NOVELS, #2

    by Jia Pingwa ...
    Series Book 2 - JIA PING WA'S NOVELS
    This novel traces the emotional struggles, life choices, and pursuit of dreams shared by Xiaoyue — a young woman who ferries boats in a secluded mountain hollow — and two village youths, Menmen and Caicai, all set against the backdrop of a remote borderland community. At its heart, it captures the yearning for renewal and change among those living on China's frontier during the early years of the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Buddha’s Pass

    JIA PING WA'S NOVELS, #1

    by Jia Pingwa ...
    Series Book 1 - JIA PING WA'S NOVELS
    In a remote mountain hollow where the Guanzhong Plain meets Shangzhou lies the secluded town of Foguan — a place where "ugliness" is worshipped as beauty. Here, the townspeople are grotesquely misshapen, and even the fruits, vegetables, and trees twist into bizarre, unnatural forms. Against this strange backdrop, Duizi and his cousin, blessed with natural beauty, become the targets of envy, ... Read more

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  • Ancient Fortresses

    JIA PING WA'S NOVELS, #3

    by Jia Pingwa ...
    Series Book 3 - JIA PING WA'S NOVELS
    In a remote mountain village during the early days of China's rural reforms, a man named Zhang Lao Da dares to dream of change. Determined to lift his fellow villagers out of poverty, he leads them to mine antimony, promising prosperity for all. For a moment, hope flickers—and the future seems within reach.Then a white musk deer appears, an omen feared to bring disaster. Panic spreads. Manipulated ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Happy Dreams

    by Jia Pingwa ...
    Narrated by Robert Wu ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 14 min

    From one of China's foremost authors, Jia Pingwa's Happy Dreams is a powerful depiction of life in industrializing contemporary China, in all its humor and pathos, as seen through the eyes of Happy Liu, a charming and clever rural laborer who leaves his home for the gritty, harsh streets of Xi'an in search of better life.After a disastrous end to a relationship, Hawa "Happy" Liu embarks on a quest ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

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    Shaanxi Opera, The

    A Novel

    by Jia Pingwa ...
    Narrated by James Sie ...

    Unabridged

    34 hours 12 min

    Winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize.From one of China’s most celebrated authors comes a masterful novel about modernity and tradition, love and obsession, and economic change and quixotic dreams—all set against the backdrop of a rapidly urbanizing China.In post–Cultural Revolution China, in the fading village of Freshwind, the fates of two households are shifting.The Bais, once the most ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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    Old Land, New Tales

    Twenty Short Stories by Writers of the Shaanxi Region in China

    by Chen Zhongshi, Jia Pingwa ...
    Narrated by Kate Rudd, Mikael Naramore ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 28 min

    In this captivating collection from the Shaanxi region, considered the cradle of Chinese civilization, twenty disparate and unique voices come together to show a China caught between new-world advancements and old-world traditions. From the homeland of China’s first dynasty and the world-famous terra-cotta warriors, these tales show rugged rural life colliding with fast-paced city life; hollow ... Read more

    $14.99 USD