Chinese Literature Recommendations

[Ashley86]

Hey guys, into Literature and was wondering what Chinese Lit. you would recommend? Thanks

[imron]

Are you looking for Chinese literature in Chinese, or Chinese literature that has been translated into English?

[kongli]

Off the top of my head， some authors you can check out.

张爱玲

钱钟书

王小波

刘呐鸥

鲁迅

茅盾

[creamyhorror]

I really enjoy some of the pieces in Qingnian Wenzhai (青年文摘), which is a digest of short-form writing for youth (and therefore suitable for learners). The accompanying illustrations are pretty nice, too. I read the print edition but there are downloadable ebooks:

http://www.qnwz.cn/html/ebookdown/

[PineWu]

Could you name some of the Chinese books you have read? So I may recommend some that fits your Chinese level.

[renzhe]

If you're interested in original-language stuff, it's always good to have a look at the Chinese sampler. It gives a nice cross-section of classical and modern literature, including many of the most celebrated works and authors, some complete, some as excerpts.

Having a quick read of those will give you a good idea of what you'd enjoy reading.

[daofeishi]

It depends if you're reading them in Chinese or English translation. In Chinese, Kongli has listed a few good authors. Adding to his list:

莫言

余华

三毛　

慕容雪村

残雪

马建

阎连科

[laurenth]

http://en.wikipedia....lassical_Novels + the fifth one (The Plum in the Golden Vase)

Of course.

[jin.isabelking]

or if you're interested in Kung Fu，you can just check out the books of 金庸......

[Leihuangdi]

For magazines I‘d recommend 《读者》.It's full of insightful(mostly) articles and excerpts from famous works.I like 青年文摘as well but there aren't as many crappy romantic stories in 读者。

Here's a link to an iphone app which downloads the newest issues for you(this is the only thing I can find and I haven't tried it coz I don't have an iphone):http://app.tongbu.com/501085076_duzhewenzhai.html

I'd also like to recommend《格言》. It's called 格言because for each article there's one intriguing motto as a conclusion.

official website:http://www.geyan.com.cn/txgy/