Cooking 做饭

by Wang Zengqi

This book is the most complete beautiful essay collection of Wang Zengqi on eating. It collects writings, paintings and beautiful essays of Wang Zengqi, which will be a great feast for the readers.本书是最全的一本汪曾祺谈吃的美文集，收入的汪曾祺书画和汪曾祺细腻冲淡的美文相得益彰，借汪曾祺美文以成美书，以飨读者。

248 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2013

About the author

Wang Zengqi (Chinese: 汪曾祺; pinyin: Wāng Zēngqí) (1920–1997) was a contemporary Chinese writer. He is famous for his short stories and essays. He is regarded as a successor of Beijing School Writers (京派作家). He is also considered "the last Chinese literary intelligentsia" (中国最后一个士大夫).

Wang Zengqi was born in a squire family in 1920 in Gaoyou, Jiangsu province. In 1939, he enrolled into literature college of National Southwestern Associated University. He was tutored by Shen Congwen (沈从文) during his university life and then he started writing in 1940. After graduation, he became a teacher for several years in Kunming and Shanghai. And he published his first collection of short stories—邂逅集. In 1948, he got a job in a museum. He became an editor after he transferred to Beijing. During the Cultural Revolution he transferred to Zhangjiakou to do the grass-roots work. He had created several works when the revolution was over. After 1979, he restarted writing. Most of his representative works were created during the period.

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