← Lao SheCat Countryby Lao SheSatirical science fiction about a decadent alien civilization resembling humansFind on Amazon↗About the authorLao SheBeijing-born novelist and playwright whose Rickshaw Boy is a masterpiece of social realism. He captured the speech and suffering of Beijing's working classes with humor and compassion before dying in the Cultural Revolution.More by Lao SheRickshaw BoyNovel of a rickshaw puller's struggle for dignity and survival in Beijing→Four Generations Under One RoofNovel depicting family life during Japanese occupation of China→TeahousePlay set in Beijing teahouse showing society through different historical eras→