This collection of short stories by one of China's most prolific female writers portrays the nuances of life in 19th century and modern China.
Wang Anyi's short stories in The Little Restaurant illuminate the emotional and intellectual complexity of the lives of the multiple generations caught up in China. Some of her short stories describe the lives of young students caught up in the Cultural Revolution who were sent away to rural communities across China to be educated and tempered in a hard scrabble existence; other stories revolve around the seemingly quiet lives of ordinary citizens in the city of Shanghai.
In effortless language and with an eye for detail, she describes their simple physical existence and their complex interior lives. Her descriptions are realistic, affectionate and vivid yet somehow they remain evocative and haunting.
- ISBN10 1602202257
- ISBN13 9781602202252
- Publish Date 10 October 2010
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 19 February 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Shanghai Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 366
- Language English