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Registration and Other Stories by Contemporary Chinese Writers
Registration and Other Stories by Contemporary Chinese Writers | Foreign Languages Press
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"The evening sun was being swallowed up by the far horizon. A northwest wind was stealthily ruffling the grass till the plain looked like a racing sea, while the dark clouds gathering overhead resembled the calfskin roof of a tent. Everybody knew the autumn rain was at hand."
- On the Kholchin Grasslands, by Malchinku

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I'm making good progress with The One Who Did Not Ask, enjoying it and it's possible I'll finish it today, despite needing a little break from it.

Rather than picking up one of the other books I'm currently reading, I've picked up a "new" one. It's a short story collection published in 1954 by the People's Republic of China's state publisher, the Foreign Languages Press, so all the stories will be "ideologically sound", but I'm hoping that ?

Bookwomble ... the inevitable propaganda will not distract from the stories themselves. Perhaps, actually, it will be an interesting part of the cultural setting. 6d
sarahbarnes Wow, that sounds like it will be an interesting reading experience. 6d
Bookwomble @sarahbarnes I've read three stories, and they are full-on propaganda for the Bright Communist Future of Mao's China. They're interesting so as historical artefacts, and they're definitely an insight into the time and place, but I'm hoping there will be some stories with greater literary merit. 6d
Bookwomble @sarahbarnes That hope was quickly answered! The fourth story keeps it's propaganda message to the last page, and delivered an interesting, characterful story 😊 6d
sarahbarnes Fascinating. I‘m glad at least one story has felt worth the read from a literary standpoint! 5d
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