This book collects six political novels by Wang Yuewen: Tonight, Tonight; The Autumn-Wind Courtyard; West of Yelang; The Loss of an Old Promise; I Long to Be Free; and Reed Flowers Filling the Sky. Politics is a mysterious and complicated world of its own; officials lead lives that seem both familiar and strange. Through measured narration, the author reveals the intrigues of the political world, and through a distinctive perspective, portrays the subtle states of mind of its officials. The characters in these pages offer readers a glimpse of life in political circles.
