Selected Novels of Liu Shaotang: English-Chinese Parallel Translation

Author: Liu Shaotang
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Publish Date: 1999-08-01
Features: This book is one of the series "Treasure House of Chinese Literature · Modern Literature Series." The entire book adopts a bilingual English-Chinese format, featuring two of Liu Shaotang's novels: "Catkin Willow Flats" and "The Budding Lotus." This book presents a new collection of Chinese literature paired with high-level English translations, making it a recommended reading for university students in the new century. It enables Chinese students not only to understand English Shakespeare but also to let the world be moved by the greatness of Chinese literature.
On a July day, during the midsummer heat, it was scorching hot as if fire was raining from the sky. Hezi was tied to the of the grape arbor with a thief's knot. That year was 1936. Hezi was six years old, with a bald head and a comb handle left on his crown. He was bare-bottomed as soon as the summer solstice arrived.