Oh, Blue Bird

In the anthology are four pieces by the well-known Shanghaiwoman writer Lu Xing'er, one of many talented authors who have appeared on the Chinese literaty scene since the 1970s. With an observably feminine sensitivity, she has tasted to the full the excitement, confusion, pain and joy of a generation, and this is vividly reflected in her carefull portraits of the lives of ordinary Chinese people. Her protagonists are women from all walks of life and her concern for their fate has made a deep and lasting impression on her growing readership.