China: An Epic Novel W. Norton Chinese storytellers have delighted listeners

Chinese storytellers have delighted listeners with stories about the value of virtues like honesty

020：「幸福」的童年

劉文（中央研究院民族學研究所副研究員）

His lines are both long and short

and their parents

China: An Epic Novel W. Norton Chinese storytellers have delighted listenersThe story begins in 1839, at the dawn of the First Opium War, and follows Chinese history through Mao's Cultural Revolution and up to the present day. Rutherfurd chronicles the rising and falling fortunes of members of Chinese, British, and American families, as they negotiate the tides of history. Along the way, in his signature style, Rutherfurd provides a deeply researched portrait of Chinese history and society, its ancient traditions and great