by Cao Wenxuan

Translated from the Chinese by Helen Wang

One of China’s most popular authors of children’s fiction, Cao Wenxuan‘s works are typically set in the China of the 1950s and 60s, and feature children and animals as their main characters. Titles such as The Straw House and Bronze and Sunflower have collectively sold millions of copies in China, and Cao has won most of the domestic prizes available to children’s authors. His reputation abroad is on the rise, as seen on 4 April 2016 when he won the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Helen Wang is a UK-based literary translator. In 2017 she won the Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation (UK) for her translation of Cao Wenxuan’s novel Bronze and Sunflower, and the Chen Bochui Special Award (China).

ISBN: 978-1-913891-47-3
Publication date: 10 April 2024
Format: Paperback (B-format) 203mm x 133mm
Pages: 390 pp