The Red Tiles Tales from China

by Cao, Wenxuan; Zhang, Huaicun

• ISBN13: 9781844645978
• ISBN10: 1844645975
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2020-12-31
• Publisher: Paths International Ltd.

Summary

Although Cao has tried many themes, morality, the appreciation of beauty, and compassion have remained the three main areas of his writing. The Red Tiles is a collection of Cao’s latest short stories. In these stories, he writes beautifully about the complex lives of children facing great challenges. It shows that children's perspectives are not shallow, and that they experience the same cruelty, fear, and depth of life as adults. Cao’s own childhood was filled with miseries and memories of hunger, so he hopes to provide young readers with an understanding of how to treat miseries. His signature language is peaceful, melancholy, and beautiful.

Author Biography

Cao Wenxuan, the Hans Christian Andersen Award Winner in 2016, was born in January 1954 in the rural area of Yancheng, where he lived until the age of 20. He went to study at Peking University and is now a professor and Ph.D. supervisor of Chinese literature there. He is a member of the Chinese Writers Association, and the deputy president of Beijing Writers Association. His main works include House with Thatched Roof, Bronze and Sunflower, Honor of Life, Red Tile and Black Tile, Genniao, and The Boy of Ximi. Picture books include Flight Bird’s Nest, Feather, An Umbrella over Berlin, etc. His academic works include A Study of China’s Literature Trends in the 1980s, The Second World – A Philosophical Interpretation of Literature and Art, Research on Chinese Literature Tendencies in the 1990s, and A Novel Door. Many of his novels and short stories have been translated and published in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and other languages. His books have won more than 40 national and international awards.