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Rickshaw Boy
- Form
- Form Novel
- Year
- Year 1936
- Originally in
- Originally in Chinese
- Pages
- Pages 250
A young rickshaw puller in old Beijing saves for years to own his cab outright, loses it again and again to soldiers, debts and a wife he never wanted, and ends up a cynical, broken survivor instead of the honest man he tried to be.
A rickshaw, a rickshaw had been his rice bowl. He'd bought one and lost it. He'd bought another and sold it.
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