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On Greed (Yu Shuo)
Author: Liang Xiaosheng Publisher: Oriental Publishing
Centre
This fiction novel is an anti-corruption story depicting the
relationship between officials and business people. The characters
are entangled in love and law. The novel reveals a picture of the
society and its people in China's transitional period.
Bubbles of the Summer II (Paomo Zhi
Xia)
Author: Ming Xiaoxi
Publisher: New World Press
This modern-day romance, written by Ming Xiaoxi from Taiwan,
tells of a complicated love triangle. The author enjoys similar
popularity as Qiong Yao, a noted writer also from Taiwan, who is
famous for her love stories in 1970s and 80s.
Aesthetic Fatigue (Shenmei
Pilao)
Author: Shao Yuqing
Publisher: Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House
Love, marriage and sex are the themes. It raises many questions:
Who plays the leading role in a marriage? Where would a marriage go
without love? And where would it go without sex? Is marriage or sex
the end result of love? What makes husbands or wives fools for
love? You have to read the book to find the answers to these
universal questions.
Binu
Author: Su Tong
Publisher: Chongqing Publishing House
Su Tong, one of the most noted contemporary Chinese novelists
retells the love story of the legendary figure Meng Jiangnu, whose
cries destroy part of the Great Wall. With rich imagination, the
writer creates nine ways of crying. He describes how a young woman
survives in a chaos world.
Big Cases (Da An Shi Lu)
Author: Ding Yihe
Publisher: China City Publishing House
This book depicts 23 big cases happened in 2005 in Beijing,
involving top officials such as Ma De and Bi Yuxi. The author tries
to explore why and how they committed crimes.
Plot in Secret (An Suan)
Author: Mai Jia and Yang Jian
Publisher: Writers' Publishing House
This fiction is about a group of people working for an anti-spy
operation, who mainly work on decoding. The story spans 40 years
from the 1930s to 1960s and depicts two generations of Chinese
Communist Party espionage officers.
The Person Wang Shi (Wang Shi Zhe Ge
Ren)
Author: Zhou Hua
Publisher: China Citic Publishing House
This book tells the story of Wang Shi, chairman of China Vanke,
and one of the most successful property developers in China. The
author reveals Wang as a real man, focusing on his life and past
experiences and rarely-known anecdotes.
Wolf Teeth (Lang Ya)
Author: Liu Meng
Publisher: Dazhong Art Publishing House
Written by an army writer, the book records the life and work of
soldiers in China's special forces.
All About S (Susi Huang de
Shijie)
Author: Susie Wong
Publisher: Wenhui Publisher House
This controversial book is regarded as the Chinese version of
"Sex and City."
The 30-year-old author started a column in the Economy Observer
and ET Weekly in 2003 writing about her sexual exploits. The books
has many saucy chapters in her life.
Five-Star Hotel (Wuxing
Fandian)
Author: Hai Yan
Publisher: Modern Publishing House
The fictional tale is about how a young man struggles to survive
in this competitive society. Hai Yan is one of the most popular
writers in the country and is now chairman of Kunlun Hotel. He has
been working in this field for more than 20 years. It is the first
time for him to cover the topic.
"Commentary on the Three Kingdoms," (Pin Sanguo), "Confession,"
(Chanhui Wumen) and "The Da Vinci Code," have remained top 10 best
sellers in China.
(China Daily September 7, 2006)
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