This collection includes works by major contemporary Chinese writers, winners of prestigious national and international awards, translated into many languages of the world. One of them, Mo Yan, “who combined folk tales with history and modernity with the help of hallucinatory realism,” was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. Differing in content, style and time of creation, these works are united by one very important circumstance - they brought the authors received truly serious success and determined their future creative path. “Papapa” by Han Shaogong, for example, is still considered one of the most mysterious works of modern Chinese literature - a kind of “maps and codes” of China. And Mo Yan’s “Transparent Red Radish” is recognized by the author as the best of all that he has written. Contents of the collection: Han Shaogong. DADDY.Mo Yan. TRANSPARENT RED RADISH. Yan Lianke. DAYS, MONTHS, YEARS. Dan Iguan. MY FATHER IS A MILITARY.Liu Heng. THE HAPPY LIFE OF CHATTY ZHANG DAMIN.