Selected works of Ba Jin 3

Publisher : Foreign Languages Press; 1st edition (April 1, 2015)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 7119093002
ISBN-13 : 978-7119093000

A well-known writer in modem China, Ba Jin. born in 1904, began his writing career in 1927. His novels and prose have been collected in fourteen volumes, which fully demonstrate his achievement as a prolific writer, He has also translated many foreign Iiterary works.This volume contains the novelette written
by Ba Jin - The Grit Men and 22 short stories.The Grit Men, written in 1932, depicts the life of workers at an old tin mine in Yunnan Province through the story of Wang Shengyi,who, to save his lover, is tricked into working there, and at last dies miserably.
The short stories in this volume are landmark works written by Ba Jin at different historical periods, reflecting Chinese society at those times from different aspects.