The gourmet and other stories of modern China
Short stories
Human-transcribed braille
Summary
Lyrical collection of tales. In "Tang Qiaodi" a night-school teacher at a cotton mill is singled out for persecution during a period when intellectuals are under suspicion. In "The Gourmet," a novella, a young, spirited restauranteur sees his country's recurrent… struggles between socialism and capitalism as a battle between Spartans and gluttons