Lao Shei
Beijing novelist and playwright who chronicled the city's working classes with humor and pathos. Teahouse, his most celebrated play, spans fifty years of Beijing history through the lives of a teahouse and its customers.
Works
- Rickshaw BoyAmbitious rickshaw puller in Beijing pursues wealth and independence during turbulent times
- TeahousePlay depicting three generations of a Beijing teahouse amid Chinese social upheaval
- Cat CountryScience fiction satire imagining a future world populated by cat-like aliens
- Four Generations Under One RoofChinese novel portraying family life across transformative historical periods
- Dragon Beard DitchPlay about community resilience in Beijing's Dragon Beard Ditch neighborhood