Mao Dun published both of these famous short stories, "The Shop of the Lin Family," and "Spring Silkworms," in 1932. The first tells the story of a shop selling foreign goods in a small town in China (scholar Zhu Ziqing considers this the best work written by Mao Dun). The second story is about a silk weaver, Old Tong Bao, who takes very good care of his beloved silkworms until the armed conflicts in Shanghai, caused by the Japanese in 1932, send his business into ruin.
By Mao Dun, Paperback, English and Chinese, 213 Pages, 5.5" x 8"
