The works from 21st Century Chinese Literature series are collected and edited by the scholars and critics specialized in the contemporary Chinese literature from China's main literature publications and newspaper supplements, according to different subjects and writing styles around the year 2000. The authors include Wang Meng, Tie Ning, Wang Anyi, Chi Zijian, and Chen Zhongshi who are famous in the contemporary Chinese literature field. With the novel and high-quality works, the series will provide the foreign readers who are keen on the 21st Century contemporary Chinese literature with the wonders.

 

1. The Great Masque and More Stories of Life in the City

This volume includes twelve stories such as Confidences in a Hair Salon by Wang Anyi, Say, Qiezi by Dai Lai and The Great Masque by Wei Wei. The works of this volume reflect the contemporary lives of Chinese living in the cities.

 

 

2. How Far is Forever and More Stories by women writers

This volume includes twelve stories such as How Far is Forever? by Tie Ning, The Kitchen by Xu Kun, A Rose in Full Bloom Overnight by Chi Li and The Surgery by Sheng Keyi. The works of this volume reflect the lives and emotions of contemporary Chinese women by women authors.