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My tutor can paint for me, I would say to An-te-hai. Nobody will
know that I didnt apply the stamps myself.
But you would know, my lady, the eunuch would reply quietly,
and he would escort me back to my palace.
Copyright © 2007 by Anchee Min. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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