Barefoot Doctor - Paperback

by Can Xue (Author), Karen Gernant (Translator), Zeping Chen (Translator)

A profound, poignant story of a village healer and her community, from one of the world's great contemporary novelists

Author Biography

Can Xue is the pseudonym of celebrated experimental writer Deng Xiaohua, born in 1953 in the city of Changsha. She is the author of Love in the New Millennium, I Live in the Slums, and Five Spice Street, among other books. Karen Gernant is a professor emerita of Chinese history. Chen Zeping was a professor emeritus of Chinese linguistics. Together, they have translated numerous works of Chinese literature.