English Title Translation: Midnight
Chinese Title: 子夜 (Ziye)
Author: Mao Dun (茅盾)
ISBN-10: 7-53-546086-0, 7535460860
ISBN-13: 978-7-53-546086-8, 9787535460868
Binding: softcover
Pages: 361
Shipping Weight: 500g
Size: 165mm x 230mm
Language: simplified Chinese
Publisher: Changjiang Literature and Art Press 长江文艺出版社
Mao Dun: Midnight (Ziye) - Chinese edition.
Mao Dun (1896-1981) was a Chinese publisher, journalist, author, and literary critic, and is one of China's mosr famous modern writers.
In addition to "silkworms in the spring", Mao Dun's best-known work Midnight, published in 1933 - an extensive novel about life in Shanghai with over 70 characters and various storylines. The main theme is the struggle between the nationalist entrepreneur Wu Sunfu and his rival Zhao Botao. In the stories of Mao Dun, the members of the working classes are always sympathetically portrayed and the idea of a revolution is touted.