In a powerful and rhythmic picture book, a grandmother tells the tale of Gullahs and their beautiful sweetgrass baskets that keep their African heritage alive. Reprint.

Reproduction of the original: The Bad Family and Other Stories by Mrs. Fenwick

Winner of the Pen Center West Award A stunning tapestry of everyday life. A young man, having failed his college entrance exams, becomes obsessed with a family card game. A businessman stays overnight at an inn and drinks with the innkeeper. A family parakeet seems to be dead but then climbs back on its perch. This delicate collection of thirteen linked tales reveals the flow of daily life in the modern Japanese family. Junzo Shono's artful layering of commonplace events, images, and conversations has been compared to haiku poetry crossed with an Ozu film.

"The Free and the Brave and other stories" is a collection of enticing stories for young children and teens. These were written in the 1980's and 1990's, reflecting some of the authors experiences.

Li Ang's highly charged fiction has brought her worldwide attention.