Praise for the first edition:" ... in the great tradition of Orwell and Solzhenitsyn; its true subject is the survival -- and sometimes the defeat -- of the human spirit in its lonely quest for integrity."--Time"The almost childlike directness of Chen's tales ... is captured in the very lightly revised translations of this new edition ... Highly recommended."--ChoiceA classic of modern world literature, this collection of stories provides a vivid and poignant eyewitness view of everyday life