by Lao She · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070428281
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«L'Enfant du Nouvel An» is the novel by Chinese writer Lao She, published by Folio in paperback (304 pages, in French).
A newborn observes with lucidity everything around him: his mother, his father, a Palace guard almost always absent, his selfish aunt, and his clever cousin Fuhai. Between comic episodes and moving scenes, Lao She evokes his early childhood in Peking during the decline of the Manchu Empire, with humour and tenderness.
Translated from the Chinese by Paul Bady and Li Tche-houa. Paperback edition published in 2003 in the Folio collection (number 3858).
For readers of literary fiction interested in Chinese literature and childhood stories with a historical backdrop.
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.
