Xin Yi Livres

A dazzling cycle of short stories by one of China's most revered contemporary writers and one of the world's leading artist-intellectuals.

A painter and writer, Mu Xin (1927-2011) received his artistic education in cosmopolitan Shanghai. During the Chinese Civil War, he fled to Taiwan; at the war's conclusion, he returned to the mainland. Having survived persecution at home, for two decades he lived in New York, and resettled in his hometown, Wuzhen, at the end of his life. In old age, a reclusive Mu Xin enjoyed literary renown in the Sinophone sphere. Of his oeuvre, he was most content with his poetry. Toward Bravery, selected and translated by Mingyuan Hu, is the first collection of Mu Xin's poetry to appear in English. Published in 2017, it is reissued in 2022 in a bilingual format.

""Divorce in China" explores institutional constraints and gendered outcomes of divorce in China"--

For fans of Olive Jeffers and the Fan Brothers, this stunningly illustrated, whimsical picture book is about finding your own voice and learning how to connect with others.

Xu Beihong gilt heute als eine Schlüsselfigur in der Reformierung der Kunst und künstlerischen Ausbildung des neuzeitlichen Chinas. Ausgebildet in Frankreich und Deutschland beeinflusste er maßgeblich die grundlegende Neustrukturierung speziell der höheren Ausbildung für Künstler und trug somit zu einem strukturierten und modernen Ausbildungssystem in China bei. Xin Hu beleuchtet nicht nur Xu Beihongs Wirken und seinen Einfluss, sondern viele weitere Entwicklungsschritte und andere bedeutende Reformer der künstlerischen Ausbildung. Sie zeigt, wie westliche Einflüsse den Konflikt zwischen der eigenen traditionellen Denkweise und den Modernisierungsbestrebungen Chinas geprägt haben.