Books from China
253 popular chinese books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Asia Challenge" were written by authors from China.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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1000 jaar vreugde en verdriet by Ai Weiwei NL
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In '1000 jaar vreugde en verdriet' schetst Ai Weiwei een verbazingwekkend portret van het China van de afgelopen honderd jaar. Hij gaat op zoek naar de oorsprong van zijn creativiteit en zijn vurige politieke overtuigingen en doet indringend verslag van het leven van zijn vader, Ai Qing, een van China's invloedrijkste dichters, die ooit een vertrouweling was van Mao Zedong. Ai Qing werd in 1975 gebrandmerkt als rechts element en veroordeeld tot dwangarbeid. Tijdens de Culturele Revolutie werd hij met zijn gezin, inclusief zijn zoon Ai Weiwei, verbannen naar een verafgelegen, troosteloze uithoe... continue
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows by Ai Weiwei EN
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The “intimate and expansive” (Time) memoir of “one of the most important artists working in the world today” (Financial Times), telling a remarkable history of China over the last hundred years while also illuminating his artistic process “Poignant . . . An illuminating through-line emerges in the many parallels Ai traces between his life and his father’s.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, BookPage, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Once a close associate of Mao Zedong and the nation’s most celebrated poet, Ai Weiwei’s father, Ai Qing, was brande... continue
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A Call for Revolution by Dalai Lama EN
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A small book with a very large message. In this impassioned, eloquent manifesto for the future of the world, the Dalai Lama appeals to us to rethink the way we live: * Become 'elite athletes of compassion' * Support each other to solve economic and social injustice * Women, take up the special role that's yours * Love the earth by sharing - not destroying - it. * Encourage peace both within, and all around, you Bringing his wisdom and experience to the complex problems he sees all around, the Dalai Lama challenges us to solve them through nothing less than a radical revolution.
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A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo EN
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Communication is proving tricky for Ziao, a young woman fresh off the plane from China. When she finds herself pitched headlong into an affair, and living with her English boyfriend, she decides to write her very own dictionary, a Chinese-English dictionary for lovers. But will her new love survive the cultural chasms between East and West?
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A Daughter of Han; the Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman by Ida Pruitt, from the story told her by Ning Lao T'ai-t'ai EN
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2011 Reprint of 1945 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In "A Daughter of Han" author Ida Pruitt presents the autobiography of a Chinese working woman. Through this story the reader gains insight into the China of the poor, of women, and of the provinces. The subject of the autobiography, Ning Lao Tai-Tai, is also interesting as she lived in the period, the late 19th to mid 20th century, during which China underwent its most dramatic changes. This is a genuine, warm-blooded, dramatic chronicle of a woman's life, of the life of one... continue
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A Good Fall by Ha Jin EN
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An anthology by the National Book Award-winning author of The Bridegroom contains intricately detailed pieces illuminating the experiences of Chinese immigrants in America, from a lonely composer who takes comfort in a parakeet's song to a group of children who want to change their names.
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The epic Chinese classic and phenomenon published in the US for the first time! Featured in iO9's 2019 Fall Preview. Set in ancient China, in a world where kung fu is magic, kingdoms vie for power and the battle to become the ultimate kung fu master unfolds, an unlikely hero is born... in the first book in the epic Legends of the Condor Heroes by the critically acclaimed master of the genre, Jin Yong. After his father—a devoted Song patriot—is murdered by the Jin empire, Guo Jing and his mother flee to the plains of Ghengis Khan and his people for refuge. For one day he must face his mortal en... continue
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From one of China's most celebrated contemporary novelists comes this riveting tale of a young woman's emotional and sexual awakening. Set in the turbulent decades of the Cultural Revolution and the Tian'anmen Square incident, A Private Life exposes the complex and fantastical inner life of a young woman growing up during a time of intense social and political upheaval. At the age of twenty-six, Ni Niuniu has come to accept pain and loss. She has suffered the death of her mother and a close friend and neighbor, Mrs. Ho. She has long been estranged from her tyrannical father, while her boyfrien... continue