2. Days on Guard

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART ONE. Wintry Night
6. 1.The Peng Family Make Their Way to Fanzai Wood 21
7. 2. Days on Guard 33
8. 3. Planting Potatoes, Making Potash, Death 41
9. 4.The Unexpected 55
10. 5. Love 69
11. 6. Death and Disaster 91
12. 7. Change 105
13. 8.The Japanese Arrive 119
14. 9. Endless Wintry Night 147
15. PART TWO. The Lone Lamp
16. 1.The Sound of Weeping 171
17. 2. Good-bye 181
18. 3.Ten Thousand Miles of Sea and Sky 187
19. 4.The Clouds and the Moon 195
20. 5. Misfortune 199
21. 6. Good-byes on the Grass 219
22. 7. Misty Spring Days 229
23. 8. Sacrificial Rites 241
24. 9.Women of the Mountains 249
25. 10.The Journey of the Salmon 255
26. 11.The Eternal Lamp 273