Collection of Classic Works by Modern Literary Master Mao Dun (set of 2 Volumes)
by Mao Dun
About This Novel
This set includes "Midnight" and "Lin's Shop". "Midnight", formerly known as "Sunset", is set in the semi-feudal and semi-colonial old Shanghai in May and June of 1930. It depicts characters from all walks of life, including businessmen, soldiers, educated youth, socialites, elderly people, workers and other people, and shows a broad picture of social life in old China in the 1930s. "Lin's Shop: Selected Novels and Short Stories by Mao Dun" is a collection of works by writer Mao Dun. Among them, "Lin's Shop" is Mao Dun's representative short story. Its original name was "Bankruptcy". It is set in the rural areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang before and after the "January 28th" Incident in 1932. Through the process of Lin's Shop from struggling to closing down, it outlines a picture of the exploitation and oppression of small business practitioners in the old society of the 1930s, reflecting the background and social tragedy of the time.
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