Cover of Waves: Stories by Bei Dao

Waves: Stories by Bei Dao

Short Stories Collection

Description: xiv, 208 p. ; 21 cm.

Contents: In the ruins —

The homecoming stranger —

Melody —

Moon on the manuscript —

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Intersection —

13 Happiness Street —

Waves.

Series Title: New Directions paperbook, 693

Other Titles: Po tung.

Responsibility: by Bei Dao ; edited with an introduction by Bonnie S. McDougall ; translated by Bonnie S. McDougall and Susette Ternent Cooke.

Setting
1980sChina
Audience
adult

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