I'm currently reading this book by Qiu Xiaolong. It's most likely banned in China because of the bad light it puts on Mao.
It's one of a few books (I'm not sure how many exactly) in the "Inspector Chen Novel" series. I heard from someone in my class that this author is popular in China, just that this book is most likely banned--I feel sorry for those waiting for the next book in this series since they obviously won't be getting it.
The dedication tells a lot about this book: "For the people that suffered under Mao".
Other fiction books written by this author (which I plan to read eventually) are:
Death of the Red Heroine
A Loyal Character Dancer
When Red is Black
A Case of Two Cities
Red Mandarin Dress
Poetry Translations are:
Evoking Tang: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry
100 Poems from Tang and Song Dynasties
Treasury of Chinese Love Poems
Original Poetry is:
Lines Around China
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