← Mao DunMidnightby Mao DunNovel depicting Shanghai business and capitalist exploitation during wartimeFind on Amazon↗About the authorMao DunMajor left-wing novelist and the first Chinese Minister of Culture. His novel Midnight is a sweeping portrait of Shanghai capitalism and political struggle in the 1930s.More by Mao DunSpring SilkwormsStory of peasants struggling against economic hardship and exploitation→RainbowNovel exploring female awakening and rebellion against patriarchal society→DisillusionNovella depicting intellectual awakening and social revolution→