Shen Yanbing (1896-1981), better known by the pen name Mao Dun, was a member of the generation that created a truly vernacular Chinese literature in the early twentieth century. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he was named Minister of Culture. Madeleine Zelin is Professor of Chinese History and East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. She is the author of The Magistrate's Tael (California, 1984).

• Voices from Asia1. Of Women, Outcastes, Peasants, and Rebels: A Selection of BengaliShort Stories.Translated and edited by Kalpana Bardhan.z. Himalayan Voices: An Introduction to Modern Nepali Literature.Translated and edited by Michael James Hutt.3· Shoshaman: A Tale of Corporate japan. By Arai Shinya.Translated by Chieko Mulhern.4· Rainbow. By Mao Dun. Translated by Madeleine Zelin.5· Encounter. By Hahn Moo-Sook. Translated by Ok Young Kim Chang.6. The Autobiography of Osugi Sakae. By Osugi Sakae. Translated byByron K. Marshall.7· A River Called Titash. By Adwaita Mallabarman. Translated and with anintroduction by Kalpana Bardhan.8. The Soil: A Portrait of Rural Life in Meiji]apan. By Nagatsuka fakashi.Translated by Ann Waswo.

Shen Yanbing (1896-1981), better known by the pen name Mao Dun, was a member of the generation that created a truly vernacular Chinese literature in the early twentieth century. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he was named Minister of Culture. Madeleine Zelin is Professor of Chinese History and East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. She is the author of The Magistrate's Tael (California, 1984).

• Voices from Asia1. Of Women, Outcastes, Peasants, and Rebels: A Selection of BengaliShort Stories.Translated and edited by Kalpana Bardhan.z. Himalayan Voices: An Introduction to Modern Nepali Literature.Translated and edited by Michael James Hutt.3· Shoshaman: A Tale of Corporate japan. By Arai Shinya.Translated by Chieko Mulhern.4· Rainbow. By Mao Dun. Translated by Madeleine Zelin.5· Encounter. By Hahn Moo-Sook. Translated by Ok Young Kim Chang.6. The Autobiography of Osugi Sakae. By Osugi Sakae. Translated byByron K. Marshall.7· A River Called Titash. By Adwaita Mallabarman. Translated and with anintroduction by Kalpana Bardhan.8. The Soil: A Portrait of Rural Life in Meiji]apan. By Nagatsuka fakashi.Translated by Ann Waswo.