A Tower for the Summer Heat
| Author | : Yu Li |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0231113854 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780231113854 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Tower for the Summer Heat by : Yu Li
Download or read book A Tower for the Summer Heat written by Yu Li and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Li Yu, considered a master of comedy in Chinese literature, was a novelist, playwright, and essayist in the 17th century. In this collection, Patrick Hanan translates six of the twelve stories in the Sh'ier lou collection, which is the most famous individual collection of vernacular stories from pre-modern China. "One of the funniest books ever written".--THE NEW YORKER.
