The Embroidered Shoes Author:Tsan-Hsueh, Can Xue Translator-Ronald R. Janssen; Translator-Jian Zhang.
Stories by the author: The Emboidered Shoes and the Vexation of Old Lady Yuan; A Strange Kind of Brain Damage; A Dull Story; Homecoming; Anonymities and more. .
A collection of lyrical, irreverent, sassy, wise, maddening, celebratory tales in which Can Xue explores the themes central to our contemporary lives: mortality, memory, imagination, and alienation.