Cold Nights
By Ba Jin
1947
First Published
3.80
Average Rating
282
Number of Pages
This book writes about the life in Chongqing, the so-called 'wartime capital' in 1944-1945. In this novel, the author writes about a poor clerk's family, in which the estrangement between mother and wife and the economic pressure cause a family tragedy, the wife goes away, and the husband dies of lung disease. When the wife goes back to Chongqing, her mother-in-law has moved away with grandchild to somewhere unknown. When the hero of this novel is breathing his last, the beating of gongs and drums resound to the skies, as people are celebrating the victory, burning dragon lanterns with fireworks and firecrackers...
Avg Rating
3.80
Number of Ratings
168
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
26%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
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Author
Ba Jin
Author · 8 books
Ba Jin (巴金) took this pen name from Russian anarchists Bakunin and Kropotkin. Known also as "Pa Chin"
