Faces in the Crowd: 36 Extraordinary Tales of Tianjin

Jicai, Feng

Arts & Photography

Sinoist Books

Final Witness: The Story of China's First Crime Scene Investigator

  Where is the justice in a corrupt and crumbling empire? Thirteenth century China, and the Song Empire is crumbling due to endemic corruption and the incursion of barbarians from abroad. Ambitious men do what they must to get ahead, trampling the commoners who come in their path.  Into the decaying ranks of the civil service, a young scholar called Song Ci is admitted. He soon gets the chance to prove his worth by developing an unmatched skill for interpreting crime scenes. In a series of complex murder cases that baffled his predecessors, Song is finally able to dispense justice to the relatives of those whose lives have been lost in the chaos. As the world he knows wanes, Song will be pitted against increasing dangers that will tax him to the edge of his abilities. But will his efforts be enough to save the empire?

Literature & Fiction

Hongjia, Wang

Genre Fiction

<p>In a cave high in the ageless mountains of Chinas desolate interior, an ancient funeral singer awaits the end. From his deathbed he gives voice to the generations of villagers to whom he devoted his lifes work, and four all-too-human souls whose struggles defined an era. A soldier, a peasant, a revolutionary and a politician. When revolt and reform take hold of the wartorn plains, all play their debased roles in the mythic cycle of avarice, vengeance and suffering. As his four tragedies interweave, the cracked lips of the dying sage conjure a stark vision: a retelling of the forging of the Peoples Republic from turbulent birth to absurd reversal whispered from its uncharted margins.</p>

The Mountain Whisperer

Jia Pingwa and translated by Christopher Payne

The Sojourn Teashop

Jia Pingwa

Literary

Cherries on a Pomegranate Tree

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Humor & Satire

Between Four Rivers

Yu, Wang

Fields of Joy

Daxin, Zhou

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