Chinese literature

Carica Orhideja

"The Orchid Empress" by author Anchee Min tells the powerful and complex life story of Zhen Ying, a powerful and ambitious woman who, growing up in a rural Chinese village, tries to find her way in a turbulent period of Chinese history.

Dvije žene iz Kine: Dudinja i Breskva

The novel follows the fate of a young Chinese woman, Dudinja, who flees war and revolution in China in the 1940s and 1950s. The novel, banned in China for its political and sexual themes, explores trauma and schizophrenia through the story of Dudinja deve

Kineske bajke

The book "Chinese Fairy Tales" from 1989 contains a collection of traditional Chinese stories adapted for children.

Posljednji kineski car

The Last Emperor of China (1988), an autobiography by Pu Yi, follows the life of the last emperor of China. The book, written with the help of ghostwriter Li Wende, depicts Pu Yi's personal reflections and his transformation from divine emperor to ordinar

Prostirka za telesnu molitvu

Sunce nad rijekom Sangan

The novel Sun over the Sangan River by the Chinese author Din Lin (also known as Ding Ling) was published in 1950 in Zagreb, translated from Russian by Josip Smolčić.

Under All Heaven

Pearl S. Buck vereint ihr geliebtes China und ihre Heimat Amerika in einem sensiblen Drama über menschliche Beziehungen und widersprüchliche Emotionen in einer Welt sich verändernder Einstellungen.