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The Cry of the Deer (呦呦鹿鸣)

By: Han Dong
Translated by: Nicky Harman
Tagged with: birth, myth and fairytale, religion:Buddhism

Mahjong (麻将)

By: Feng Tang
Translated by: Brendan O'Kane
Tagged with: contemporary, games, gender

Backflow River (倒流河)

By: Jia Pingwa
Translated by: Nicky Harman
Tagged with: home life, rural life

Piano Twilight (琴声黄昏)

By: Chen Cun
Translated by: Michael Day
Tagged with: music, old age

Mr Jodhpurs (马裤先生)

By: Lao She
Translated by: Tony Blishen
Tagged with: Republican Era, travel and exploration

Hopelessly Blind (盲无正)

By: Zhou Kai
Translated by: Eleanor Goodman
Tagged with: dystopian fiction, experimental, surrealist

Journey to the West (西游记)

By: Wu Cheng'en
Translated by: W J F Jenner
Tagged with: ancient China, myth and fairytale

A River Full of Glass (里面全是玻璃的河)

By: Qiu Huadong
Translated by: Robin Visser
Tagged with: contemporary, home life

The One Who Picks Flowers (挑花儿的)

By: Liu Qingbang
Translated by: Lee Yew Leong
Tagged with: blue collar, gender, sex

Chronicles of the Ancient Village (古寨往事)

By: Na Zhangyuan
Translated by: Nick Admussen
Tagged with: ethnic minorities, myth and fairytale

Disappointing Returns (妈阁是座城：赔钱货)

By: Yan Geling
Translated by: David Haysom
Tagged with: birth, gender, Macau

A Second Pregnancy, 1980 (1980 年的第二胎)

By: Lu Min
Translated by: Helen Wang
Tagged with: birth, home life, memoir, rural life

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