<p>New in the Harper Perennial Modern Chinese Classics series, <em>Border</em><em> Town </em>is a classic Chinese novel—banned by Mao’s regime—that captures the ideals of rural China through the moving story of a young woman and her grandfather. Originally published in 1934 by author Shen Congwen, <em>this beautifully written novel </em>tells the story of Cuicui, a young country girl who is coming of age in rural China in the tumultuous time before the communist revolution.<p></p></p>