The present volume consists of nine stories by Duanmu Hongliang which evidence his ardor for the Manchurian landscape and people. His "native soil" fiction style, which features the homeland with poetic realist touches, is shared by many modern Chiense writers such as Shen Congwen.

作者简介

Duanmu Hongliang（端木蕻良）

　　Duanmu Hongliang (1912–1996) was one of the most talented writers in the modern period of Chinese literature. His poetry, prose, painting, and calligraphy are all works of art, and each has its unique style. None of his contemporaries can match the brilliant of his descriptions of the vastness and the wild nature of the plains and desert of northern China, as well as the spectacular images of nature in his early liter-ary works. Some of his short stories from the 1940s remain as lasting literary treas-ures.

　　（1912–1996）堪称中国现代文学史上的才子作家。他所作的诗文画及书法不但都属一流，而且自成一体；他的文学叙述更是别具风格，常常使各种风土人情自然风貌，维妙维肖跃然纸上。特别是他早年笔下的关外草原沙漠的辽阔和荒野，以及自然景象变化时的恢宏，实在很难在他同时代人里找到能够与之相匹配者。他在四十年代写下的一些短篇更成为独特的文学精品，经久不衰。

Howard Goldblatt

　　Howard Goldblatt is Research Professor of Chinese at The University of Notre Dame, USA and Haili Kong is Professor of Chinese Language, Litera-ture and Film at Swarthmore College, USA.