Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. The Main Event in Life (1919) 57
6. Yama Zhao (1922) 66
7. The Night the Tiger Was Caught (1922–1923) 97
8. After Returning Home (1922) 115
9. A Wasp (1923) 137
10. Oppression (1925) 152
11. Breaking Out of Ghost Pagoda (1928) 165
12. Thunderstorm (1934) 227
13. It’s Only Spring (1934) 353
14. Under Shanghai Eaves (1937) 397
15. Return on a Snowy Night (1942) 448
16. Teahouse (1958) 547
17. Guan Hanqing (1958) 598
18. The Young Generation (1965) 674
19. The Red Lantern (1970) 732
20. The Bus Stop (1983) 769
21. Wilderness and Man (1988) 805
22. Geologists (1995) 879
23. Che Guevara (2000) 927
24. Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land (1986) 967
25. Metamorphosis Under the Star (1986) 1026
26. Crown Ourselves with Roses (1988) 1039
27. Glossary 1099
28. Contributors 1103