Chinese Fiction

Les proverbes sont une véritable sagesse populaire. Ils sont le fruit de centaines d'années d'histoires, de légendes, de spiritualité d'un peuple. Transmis oralement pendant des siècles, leur vérité et leur simplicité nous parlent immédiatement. Ces proverbes visent à donner accès à un peuple, une culture populaire, dans un format accessible à tous. Un proverbe est plus qu'une phrase anodine, ce peut être un trait d'esprit, un résumé d'une pensée complexe, une maxime, une ouverture sur une réflexion plus profonde.

Hongmei is the perfect Chinese wife: beautiful, diligent, passive. Glen is the perfect American husband: intelligent, caring, well-off. From the outside, Hongmei and Glen's life in the San Francisco Bay Area seems perfect. But at home, their marriage is falling apart. Post-its left on the fridge are their primary form of communication.

It's 1980s New York, and though the coke flows freely, money and glamour are the more powerful intoxicants. While fortunes are being made in SoHo galleries and on Wall Street, an underclass of transient drag queens and dandies, club kids and strippers, artists and actors, models and waitstaff wander the streets, providing the city's background color, cheap labor, and even cheaper entertainment.

燕小兜，藏龙小学高年级“人见人跑、花见花败、瓶子见了也自爆”的孩子王，一个所有老师都为之头痛的淘气包……燕小兜，藏龍小學高年級「人見人跑、花見花敗、瓶子見了也自爆」的孩子王，一個所有老師都為之頭痛的淘氣包……

Un chino en bicicleta, inspirada en el caso del pirómano Fosforito, ganó el Premio de Novela "La otra orilla" en 2007, se publicó en España y en América Latina y fue traducida a seis idiomas. Crónica, con su particular modo de informar, se hizo una fiesta con el caso de Li, el chino pirómano que incendió varias mueblerías en el barrio de Caballito allá por el año 2004. Hasta le pusieron el apodo de "Fosforito".

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The realist long novel "Overture" tells the coming-of-age story of Xinjiang youth Du Dazhuan. Born in Xinjiang, he attended middle school in Beijing and university in Xinjiang before going to study in the US and do business in Russia. He later returned to his homeland and devoted himself to development and poverty alleviation.

From Not Here to Be Liked author Michelle Quach comes a smartly funny, heartfelt story told in dual POV about a young woman roping in her childhood crush to act as an honorary male heir to fulfill her grandfather’s dying wish. A story about first love, familial duties, and finding yourself—perfect for fans of Emiko Jean and Loan Le.

Already compared to Hemingway and Murakami, Shuang Xuetao is one of the most highly celebrated young Chinese writers—his English-language debut collects three dazzling novellas of Northeast China, mixing realism, mysticism, and noir. An enterprising inventor dreams of escaping his drab surroundings in a flying machine. A criminal, trapped beneath a frozen lake, transforms into a giant fish. A strange girl pledges to ignite a field of sorghum stalks.

当所有的记忆就像指间流过的细沙，自他眼前渐渐流失之时，他才猛然惊觉，原来自己早已什么都没有了……當所有的記憶就像指間流過的細沙，自他眼前漸漸流失之時，他才猛然驚覺，原來自己早已什麼都沒有了……

“写推理小说的目的，并不是为了营造血腥与恐怖，而是为了向头脑与智慧挑战！” ……「寫推理小說的目的，並不是為了營造血腥與恐怖，而是為了向頭腦與智慧挑戰！」

欧罗巴大地上演绎过多少历史的纠葛和纷争，欧洲列国经过怎样的演变形成了现在的版图…… 歐羅巴大地上演繹過多少歷史的糾葛和紛爭，歐洲列國經過怎樣的演變形成了現在的版圖……

A timeless masterpiece written by L. Frank Baum, this is one of the few Cantonese children's books available on the market. Edited by writers from Hong Kong and the United States, it retells the story of Dorothy's search for her way home in the Land of Oz, using the language you are most familiar with.

It’s the fear of every student at Greenwood School for the Performing Arts: becoming a washed-out performer who couldn't make it big. And Claire's no Rocky Wong, the ace pianist at their boarding school. Then Dr. Li shows up. She’s like no other teacher at Greenwood: mysterious, sophisticated, fascinating. Under Dr. Li’s tutelage, Claire works harder and dreams bigger than ever. And her crush Rocky finally seems interested.

九牛一毛和史学家司马迁有什么关系？二桃三士这个成语中，晏子又是如何用三个桃子，就除掉了齐景公的心腹大患？听《成语故事》，借用古人智慧，享受现代人生。…… 九牛一毛和史學家司馬遷有什麼關係？二桃三士這個成語中，晏子又是如何用三個桃子，就除掉了齊景公的心腹大患？聽《成語故事》，借用古人智慧，享受現代人生。

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Little Red Riding Hood - 小红帽: Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation. Discover or rediscover, narrated in a warm and lively way, the best stories for kids in Mandarin Chinese.

Considered encyclopedic due to its detailed descriptions of upper class life in the 18th century Qing Dynasty China, this masterpiece is one of China's four great classical novels, and it vividly narrates the rise and fall of the aristocratic Jia family. An exceptionally large cast of major characters—such as Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, and Wang Xifeng—are depicted in a way that is at once vivid and cutting. Their stories of joy, sorrow, love, and hatred are universally known throughout China.

你是否想知道，伏羲、女娲、神农、炎帝、黄帝、少昊、颛顼、帝喾、尧、舜、禹等这些上古传说中的帝王们都经历了哪些逸事，做出了哪些伟大的业绩？……你是否想知道，伏羲、女媧、神農、炎帝、黃帝、少昊、顓頊、帝嚳、堯、舜、禹等這些上古傳說中的帝王們都經歷了哪些逸事，做出了哪些偉大的業績？

Police Inspector Lu Fei has an unfortunate talent for getting himself into hot water with powerful and well-connected people. Which is why he's been assigned to a backwater town in a rural area of Northern China and quietly warned to keep his head down. But while running a sting operation on the sale and consumption of rare and endangered animals, Lu comes across the curious case of a waitress who has gone missing. Her last known whereabouts: a restaurant frequented by local elites, owned by smooth-talking gangster, and known for its exotic—and highly illegal—delicacies.