Renditions no. 68 (Autumn 2007) often morbid

often morbid

Janet Ng's introduction draws comparisons with Western women's experience while making clear the authors' achievements in the development of modern Chinese literature

This collection of stories by seven hands represents the best of fiction written by women in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Also introduced are new Chen Jo-hsi writings hitherto unavailable in English

The eight classical prose masters represented in this anthology were the motivating force of the literary movement

Renditions no. 68 (Autumn 2007) often morbidLeaping to Diaster: Village Literature and the Great Leap Forward This collection presents opposing pictures of rural China during the Great Leap Forward (1958 1960), the grand delusion that led to the worst famine of the 20th century. Stories and poems written at the time express boundless, if ill founded, optimism for a communist utopia. Two decades later, fiction about its aftermath reveals its tragic impact on the peasantry. Set against the