The Complete Works of Lao She · Volume 8 · Famine (Part Three of "Four Generations Under One Roof") · Under the Red Banner · Autobiography of the Common People

Author: Lao She Shu Ji Shu Yi Ed.
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This volume includes the third part of the novel "Four Generations Under One Roof" titled "Famine," and two autobiographical novels, "Under the Red Flag" and "Chronicles of Little People." "Famine" was written in New York between 1947 and 1948. The first twenty sections (68–87) of this work were published in Novel from May 1950 to January 1951, Volume 4, Issues 1–6. The first edition was published by Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House and Sichuan People's Publishing House in early 1979. The last thirteen sections (88–100) were translated by Ma Xiaomi based on the English version of "Four Generations Under One Roof" titled The Yellow Storm, as the original Chinese manuscript was destroyed. They were published in October in March 1982, Issue 2. The first edition was published by Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House in December 1983. When included in this volume, Chen Shu was requested to proofread. "Under the Red Flag" was written in Beijing between 1961 and 1962 and remains unfinished. It was published in People's Literature from March to May 1979, Issues 3–5, with the first edition published by People's Literature Publishing House in June 1980. "Chronicles of Little People" was written in Qingdao in 1937 and remains unfinished. It was first published in Ark in August 1937, Issue 39. For the works included in this volume, corrections were made based on the first editions and the publications where they were originally released, with additional necessary annotations added.