United Kingdom. Saqi Books. 2007. 126 pages, glossary, paperback. "In a fit of jealousy, Xiao Yanqiu, star of "The Moon Opera", disfigures her understudy with boiling water. Spurned by the troupe, she turns to teaching. Twenty years later, "The Moon Opera" is restaged, under the patronage of a rich local..... More
London. Penguin. 1973. [Reprint]. Translated by David Hawkes. 540pp, appendix, genealogical tables. Paperback. "The first volume in the classic Chinese work of literature also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, a novel which follows the glory and decline of the Jia family." Publisher's description. When referring to this..... More
London. Penguin. 1977. [Reprint]. Translated by David Hawkes. 601pp, appendices, genealogical tables. Paperback. "The second volume in the classic Chinese work of literature also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, a novel which follows the glory and decline of the Jia family." (Publisher's description). When referring to this..... More
London. Penguin. 1980. [Reprint]. Translated by David Hawkes. 637pp, appendices, genealogical tables. Paperback. "The third volume in the classic Chinese work of literature also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber, a novel which follows the glory and decline of the Jia family." (Publisher's description). When referring to this..... More
London. Penguin. 2021. Translated by Julia Lovell. 339pp. Hardback. "One of China's Four Great Classical Novels, Monkey King was written anonymously during the Ming dynasty and is most commonly attributed to Wu Cheng'en, the son of a silk-shop clerk from east China. It recounts a Tang-dynasty monk's quest for Buddhist..... More
Rutland. Tuttle. 2014. 414pp, paperback. "The Three Kingdoms is the epic saga of loyalty and treachery, brotherhood and rivalry-and the deeds of legendary heroes and villains during one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history. This classic tale of brotherhood and rivalry, loyalty and treachery, victory and death will..... More
Rutland. Tuttle. 2014. 510pp, list of main characters, paperback. "The Three Kingdoms is the epic saga of loyalty and treachery, brotherhood and rivalry-and the deeds of legendary heroes and villains during one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history. This classic tale of brotherhood and rivalry, loyalty and treachery..... More
Dublin. Vintage. 2021. 271pp. Paperback. "A Chinese woman comes to post-Brexit London to start over - just as the Brexit campaign reaches a fever pitch. Isolated and lonely in a Britain increasingly hostile to foreigners, she meets a landscape architect and the two begin to build their future together. Playing..... More
Melbourne. Tantanoola. 2016. 261pp, paperback. Very good copy. Restless China scholar Rubert Robinson leaves the refuge of his studio in Montsalvat artists' colony in outer Melbourne and embarks upon travels with Xiaorong, his former student, in order to discover and illuminate fragments of the age-old encounter between China and the..... More
Melbourne. Tantanoola. 2017. 207pp, paperback. One of my Buddhism for dummies books says there are three fires to be avoided at all costs — desire, anger and delusion. I think my greatest desire - and delusion - is to see a meaning in the events that have taken place in..... More
Norwalk. EastBridge, 2003. Reprint. xix + 432pp, paperback. "Oil for the Lamps of China (1934) was a best-selling novel when it was first published, just a few years after Pearl Bucks The Good Earth (1931). The hero of the story is a keen, young American businessman who wants to bring..... More
Melbourne. Text Publishing. 2021. 421pp. Paperback. "On his return to his hometown-and his wife-to aid the Cultural Revolution, soldier Aijun sees a young woman wandering barefoot along the railway tracks in the late-afternoon sun. Her name is Hongmei. From this moment on, an 'unspeakably beautiful flower' blooms in Aijun's heart..... More
New York. Robert Grier Cooke. 1904. 1st American Edition. Colour frontispiece with slightly foxed tissue-guard, 426pp + 2 adverts, prior owner name on front free endpaper, light rubbing head & tail of spine and corners, spine slightly discoloured but a very good clean & firm copy. 19.3 x 12.8cm. A...... More
United Kingdom. Bloomsbury. 2011. 354 pages, paperback. "Nineteen-year-old Joy Louie has run away from her home in 1950s America to start a new life in China. Idealistic and unafraid, she believes that Chairman Mao is on the side of the people, despite what her family keeps telling her. How can..... More
China. Penguin China, 2015. Translated from Chinese by Eric Abrahamsen. 320pp, paperback. "Dongzhou City needs a new mayor. Devious plots, seduction, blackmail and bribery are all on the table in a no-holds-barred scramble for prestige and personal gain as the city's two vice-mayors compete for the top honour. At the..... More
United States. Tuttle Publishing. 2012. Black and white line drawings, xxix + 226 pages, paperback. Join the Monkey King on his fantastic travels in this exciting version of the traditional Chinese folktale "Journey to the West." This legend has delighted countless generations, and this lovely retelling is a wonderful introduction..... More
