Stubborn Weeds: Popular and Controversial Chinese Literature After the Cultural Revolution

The literature of the People's Republic of China became livelier and more varied during the "Thaw" than at any other time since the revolution. Perry Link, who lived in China during that period, has assembled the most representative examples, as well as those of most interest to Western readers, of "stubborn weed" - the writing that would not die in spite of the pressures of the Cultural Revolution. The volume includes fiction, drama, poetry and such popular performing arts as comedians' dialogues and clappertales. Because of its rich reflections of Chinese realities, Stubborn Weeds will interest sociologists andpolitical scientists as well as literary scholars and general readers, who will welcome these authentic views.