Yu Hua

In the early 20th century, China is a land undergoing a momentous social and cultural shift, with a thousand-year-old empire crumbling and the nation on the brink of modernity. Against this backdrop, a quiet man from the North embarks on a perilous journey to a Southern city in the grip of a savage snowstorm. He carries with him a newborn...

A courageous and intimate memoir of China framed in ten telling words. People. Leader. Reading. Writing. Revolution. Grassroots. Through these and other common vernacular words and phrases, Yu Hua—widely regarded as one of China's greatest living writers—tells powerful personal stories of the Chinese experience from the Cultural Revolution to the 2010s. With wit, insight, and courage, he presents a refreshingly...