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To Live is a novel full of blood and tears. Through a Chinese farmer's miserable life, Yu Hua tells readers how to withstand great suffering, and he also describes the richness and depth of tears, non-existence of despair and people living just for life itself.

The first English translation of an influential and much praised Chinese novel. The harrowing story of Xu Sanguan, a cartpusher struggling under the hardships of Mao's regime and compelled to sell his blood to feed his family.

1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman's body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that quickly leads to an obvious arrest. As his superiors are keen to communicate their success, several clues push Ma Zhe to delve deeper...

"Stories previously published in different magazines in Chinese, but never as a collection"-- Provided by publisher.

When Manchu invaders ravage a defenseless village, one wounded and desperate student seeks refuge at the secretive monastery of Shaolin. Fueled by his wrath, he undertakes a grueling program of martial arts training that hones his strength and agility in order to defeat his enemi...

A day in the life of Ming Ding begins as a pair of hammer-wielding loan sharks come to the door of Ming's squalid apartment. Their ultimatum, delivered in Mandarin, is as simple as it is virtually impossible to fulfill, needing to give them $800 by the evening or the debt will be...