CHINA IN ONE VILLAGE

Regarded as a masterpiece of Chinese literary nonfiction, literature professor Liang Hong's depiction of her home village in central Henan province is finally translated into English by Emily Goedde. Originally published in 2010, the book chronicles the stories of Liang's relatives, neighbors, and childhood friends, from government officials to outcasts, all navigating the times as the village loses its population to the city and undergoes environmental degradation. Part memoir, part journalism, and part social commentary, the book is the first in a trilogy that provides a microscopic portrait of rural China in the early 2000s through the fates of the residents of Liang village.