Advanced reader of contemporary Chinese short stories : reflections on humanity / compiled by Ying Wang and Carrie Reed = [Zhongguo dang dai duan pian xiao shuo gao ji du ben : ren xing de si kao / Wang Ying, Wu Kairu xian bian]
Preface ; Abbreviations and Symbols ; Stories ; I Don't Have a Name of My Own / Yu Hua ; A Patient / Mianmian ; Afternoon Tea / Qiu Shanshan ; The Pink Butterfly That Flies Away / Liu Yunsheng ; Watering Can / Liang Xiaosheng ; Half Idiot / Xia Shang ; Breastfeeding Woman / Bi Feiyu ; Plain Gate / Lu Ping ; Umbrella / Su Tong ; A Mi's Story / Wang Meng ; Index
Summary
Presents ten post-1990 short stories by prominent writers such as Su Tong and Yu Hua sutable for the advanced language student