by Lao She · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782877302111
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«Le Pousse-pousse» is the novel by Chinese writer Lao She, published by Philippe Picquier in paperback (220 pages, in French).
The protagonist, Siang-tse «the Camel», is a rickshaw puller in 1920s and 1930s Peking who dreams of owning his own vehicle. Between war, money and danger, his hopes fade; the work portrays with humour characters such as Tigress and Petite Fou-tse and a vanished popular Peking.
Translated from the Chinese by François Cheng and Anne Cheng; the original work was published in 1936. This French edition is from 1998.
For readers of Chinese literature and twentieth-century classics, with an interest in social novels and the historical portrait of Peking.
Shu Qingchun, known by his pen name Lao She, was a Chinese writer of Manchu ethnicity, known for his vivid portrayal of urban life and his colorful use of the Beijing dialect, such as in the novel Rickshaw Boy and the play Teahouse. During the Cultural Revolution, he was persecuted and either drowned himself or was murdered.
