Life Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Overall (1994) and skills of interpersonal communication

and skills of interpersonal communication with integrated discussions of diversity

A rich meditation on the past via a melancholy trip along the Suffolk coast

"By excluding the human factor

it's easy to build the grit

Jane Colston

Life Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Overall (1994) and skills of interpersonal communicationAn essential masterwork from Chinese literary giant Lu Yaowinner of the Mao Dun Literature Prizeavailable for the first time in English. Lu Yao published only two novels before his untimely deathbut their extraordinary influence catapulted the author to the top tier of Chinese contemporary fiction, establishing him as one of the most widely read and respected figures in Chinese literature. In this first ever translation of Lu Yaos Life , we meet Gao