There’s Nothing I Can Do When I Think of You Late at Night

Cao Naiqian; Translated by John Balcom

May, 2009
Cloth, 248 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14810-8
$26.50 / £18.50

Introduction: The Austere Lyricism of Cao Naiqian, by John Balcom

The In-law

Women

Leng Er's Madness

In a Nest of Oat Straw

Uncle Pothook

Men

Thieves

Widow San

Dog

Party

Leng Er, Leng Er

Lucky Ox

Eating Cakes

Old Guiju

Danwa

Heinu and Her Andi

Sun-Drenched Nest

The Woman of the Zhu Household

Lucky Ox, Lucky Ox

Heavenly Sun

The Graveyard Shift

Dog, Dog

Chou Bang Herds Sheep

The Taste of Oat Flour

Wen Shan's Woman

Old Yinyin

Watching the Fields

Old Guiju and His White Neck

Flushing out Ground Squirrels

Corncob

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Related Subjects

• Asian Literature
• East Asian Studies
• Fiction

Series

• Weatherhead Books on Asia

About the Author

Cao Naiqian was born in Shanxi in 1949. Since 1972, he has worked as a police detective in the Public Security Bureau of Datong City, Shanxi. Cao Naiqian began writing in 1986 at the age of thirty-seven, and his works have been translated into several languages. They include The Loneliness of Buddha, The Last Village, and There's Nothing I Can Do When I Think of You Late at Night. John Balcom is associate professor and head of the Chinese program at the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation, Monterey Institute of International Studies. He has translated twelve books, including Guo Songfen's Running Mother and Other Stories and Li Qiao's Wintry Night.

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