Songs without melodies

A collection of stories by the Chinese writer Yang Junli, within the series of creations of Chinese minority literature. Through his five stories, the writer delves into the finest details of Chinese minority society, their popular customs, and their anecdotes about love, marriage, and celebrations. He describes, in a graceful literary form, emotional and marital relationships within a sometimes tragic and sometimes comic framework. Sarcastic at other times, it reveals the impact of social class disparity in creating a new pattern of relations between women and men in the era after the Chinese economic renaissance. Translation from Chinese: House of Wisdom Team.