Description:
1987. Hong Kong, Joint Publishing Company (JPC), 1987. Octavo. XII, 254 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Shu Qingchun (3 February 1899 24 August 1966), known by his pen name Lao She, was a Chinese novelist and dramatist. He was a writer of 20th-century Chinese literature, known for his novel Rickshaw Boy and the play Teahouse. He was of Manchu ethnicity, and his works are known for their vivid use of the Beijing dialect. Lao She was a writer whose life span covered all stages of modern China: the Qing dynasty, the Republic and the Communists. Lao She was greatly influenced by the writer Charles Dickens. Born during the end of the Qing dynasty, Lao She was from the Manchu Sumuru clan and experienced the Boxer Rebellion first hand as well as the atrocities committed by the Eight-Nation Alliance, a scarring experience for him. During the Cultural Revolution, Shu was tortured by the Red Guards, causing him to become insane. Shu either died by drowning himself or was…
Read More No image available
Details
- Title Drum Singers
- Author Lao She
- Binding unknown
- Publisher Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Co Ltd, Hong Kong
- Date 1987
- ISBN 9789620405310
More Copies for Sale
More Photos
The Drum Singers. [The rare english Translation].: Translated by Helena Kuo / Illustrated by Shi Guoliang.
by Lao She [Shu Qingchun]
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9789620405310 / 9620405315
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Skibbereen, Ireland
- Item Price
-
£238.54£33.83 shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
£238.54
£33.83
shipping to USA