Recollections of West Hunan

In these recollections, Shen Congwen describes his boyhood in the beautiful countryside of west Hunan, and the life and customs of the local people, their romances and feuds, their legends and superstitions, their chivalry and rough justice. These accounts, though sometimes tragic and harrowing, have an idyllic atmosphere and conjure up the colorful past of this remote minority region in China.