Zhou Daxin is a contemporary Chinese author who, across his body of work of more than thirty novels and short stories, has made piercing observations of Chinese society by setting his characters in rural, urban and even allegorical environments and touching upon challenging, often intimate humanitarian questions seldom dealt with by other authors of his generation.
Zhou Daxin is a contemporary Chinese author who, across his body of work of more than thirty novels and short stories, has made piercing observations of Chinese society by setting his characters in rural, urban and even allegorical environments and touching upon challenging, often intimate humanitarian questions seldom dealt with by other authors of his generation.
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