The Old Man and other stories Yu has gone on to

Yu has gone on to become one of China’s most unlikely contemporary poets

this book is a major contribution to contemporary Asian literature

including the works of Eileen Chang

ISBN 962-201-381-3

A deft mixture of the popular style of the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School with the innovations of May Fourth modernism

The Old Man and other stories Yu has gone on toBy Chen Ruoxi 1986 147 pages ISBN 962 201 384 8 Chen Ruoxi captures the pain of the humble individual crushed by the social and political monolith of modern China more effectively than any other Chinese writer of contemporary fiction. The five stories collected here provide evidence of Chen Ruoxi's ability to probe sensitively into the psychology of love and power. The first four stories, set in the Cultural Revolution, are consummate literary studies