Praise for the first edition:""... in the great tradition of Orwell and Solzhenitsyn; its true subject is the survival -- and sometimes the defeat -- of the human spirit in its lonely quest for integrity."" -- Time""The almost childlike directness of Chen's tales... is captured in the very lightly revised translations of this new edition... Highly recommended."" -- ChoiceA classic of modern world literature, this collection of stories provides a vivid and poignant eyewitness view o