Lao sheng
By: Jia Pingwa
Edition: Beijing di 1 ban
Publisher: Ren min wen xue chu ban she
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Beijing Shi
Language: chi
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9787020105960
Description: A novel about a funeral singer in a mountain village in the 20th century, written by Jia Pingwa (1952?), a novelist and essayist. Jia is one of the most controversial and influential writers in China. One of his works, "Shaanxi Opera", has won the Mao Dun Litera.ture Prize, while another work "Deserted City" was previously banned in China.
Notes: Xiao shuo.