Yutang Lin has been my favorite writer. One has to find so much from his works I promise you my friends. As one of the few who mastered both western and eastern languages and cultures he has been one of the best introducing eastern cultures into the west. Not widely known, he was the writer of some New York Times bestsellers. Moreover, his writings, Both novels and others, are so intense and rich in emotions with happiness or sorrow; they are indeed from the bottom of the heart and thus touch so many others' hearts. His love for life itself is so profound and deep that one can not miss it or help being stirred to look at himself or herslef. He cried at a very old age in the wheelchair in a supermarket for he realized life was so beautiful yet he was close to the end. Item list I have read: Moment in Peking Between tears and laughters With love and irony The wisdom of Laotse The wisdom of Confucius My contry and my people A leaf in the storm The red peony The best of an old friend The importance of living Looking beyond Famous Chines short stories My dear friends, one would feel fortunate for oneself if one has come to his works. Until then! 4/16/2006 Houston |