Ba, Jin <br/><br/>
Autumn / 
by Ba Jin ; translated by Lu Jianji ; edited by Shi Guangheng, Yang Junxuan and Lu Xiaoyi 
 - Second edition  
 - Beijing :  Sinolingua,  2008. 
 - ii, 196 pages :  illustrations ;  21 cm,  Accompanied by CD. 
 - Abridged Chinese Classic Series .
<br/><br/> This is an abridged version of the third of the trilogy 'The Torrents: Family, Spring, Autumn, ' a masterpiece of Ba Jin, one of the great writers of modern Chinese literature. The trilogy recounts the decline of a large feudal family following the May Fourth Movement of 1919. In 'Autumn' something is dying - the large feudal family has collapsed, taking with it young victims of feudal moral ethics. But something is also awakening - a new young generation, breaking with tradition, emerges from the feudal ruins. The abridged version, approximately 1/10 of the original, can be read by elementary level students of Chinese with a 2,000-word vocabulary or can be used as an aid to reading the original. Each chapter is followed by a list of words and commentary notes both in Chinese and English, and several study questions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9787802003934 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chinese Language--Chinese Fiction--Translations into English<br/>Ba, Jin (1904-2005) --Adaptations
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PL 2780  / BA 2008