内容简介
Withamixtureofwit,satire,insightandsympathyuniqueinmodernChineseliterature,LaoShecreatesacastofunforgettablecharacters,apanoramaofChinesesociety.Thisanthologyofadozenshortstories,selectedbytheauthor'swifeHuJieqing,displaysthewiderangeofhistalents.LaoSheisoneofChina'smostbelovedauthors.Hediedanuntimelydeathin1966.
作者简介
DonJ.Cohn（宫丹）,awriter,translator,booklover,bookcollectorandBeijing-ophile.ItoffersinsightsintoaspectsofthetradeofChinesebooksbothwithinandoutsideofthePeople'sRepublicnottouchedonelsewhereinthisissue,orforthatmatterinothersources.DonstudiedChineseatOberlinCollegeandColumbiaUniversity.HelivedandworkedforlongperiodsinBeijing,HongKongandTaiwan.HeworkedasaneditoratRenditionsmagazineattheChineseUniversityofHongKongandasbookseditoratFarEasternEconomicReview.Since1979,hehasoperatedover175tourstoChina;written,translatedandeditedbooksandarticlesonsubjectsofChineseinterest;andtodayisactivebuyingandsellingprintedmatterfromChinaandJapan.Since1979,DonCohnhaslivedinBeijingforfiveyearsandhasvisitedthecityover200times.Hehasalsorunover185specialinteresttourstoChina,India,Japan,VietnamandCambodia.AsaChinascholarhehaswritten,editedortranslatedover50books,articlesandreviewsonmanyaspectsofChineseculture.Hehascollectedandcataloguedover75,000earlyandrarechildren'sbooks,magazines,postersandgamesfromChina,Japan,Korea,India,Cambodia,Vietnam,TaiwanandHongKongforaprivatelibraryatPrincetonUniversity.HisothercollectionsincludeChineseandIndiantextiles,folkartandjewellery.DonwasthebooksandculturaleditoroftheHongKong-based'FarEasternEconomicReview'foreightyearsandisalsoadiligentoboeplayer.HenowdivideshistimeamongNewYork,Beijing,Shanghai,TokyoandHongKong.
