Publisher's Synopsis
"Circus" is a short story collection by Cao Wenxuan, the first Chinese author to receive the Hans Christian Andersen Award. This childrens storybook collects 15 short stories written by Chinese novelist Cao Wenxuan (1954), best known for his The Grass House, which won him the Golden Butterfly Prize at the Tehran International Film Festival in 1998 and has been adapted for a Chinese film. This book includes his best works, such as The Dumb Cattle (1986) and A City under The Water (1994)