Selected Works of Ba Jin, Vol 2: Garden of Repose, Bitter Cold Nights by Ba Jin ISBN 13: 9787119005751

Foreign Languages Press, 1988. Hardcover. Good/Good. First Edition, 1988, Foreign Languages Press. Hardbound with dust jacket. Includes gold marker ribbon. Binding slightly cocked/skewed, else mild wear. No text markings noted.

Beijing: Foreign Language Press, 1988. Hardcover with dustjacket, 22 cm, 502 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. Cond.: zeer goed / very good. ISBN: 7119005758. .

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Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. 1988. Hardcover. First Edition (stated, actually First English-language Edition). Blue leatherette over boards with gold titles to spine and front board. Sewn binding. Sewn-in yellow silk place-marker. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Light remainder mark to top edge. Very slight edge-wear to jacket. No tears. Not from a library. Not clipped. 502 pages.Garden of Repose (憩园, Qì Yuán, 1944) and Bitter Cold Nights (aka Cold Nights, 寒夜, Hán Yè, 1947) are both critiques of China's traditional Confucian family system focusing on emotionally fragile and weak men struggling and failing to deal with family demands and social pressure. Both are set in Sichuan during the Sino-Japanese War (World War II) and both have been adapted into movies at least twice. Garden of Repose is the story of two decadent and decaying families. It follows the live of two characters: a drug addict from a rich family forced to sell his family… Read More

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