A Tower for the Summer Heat Author:Li Yu Li Yu, considered a master of comedy in Chinese literature, was a novelist, playwright, and essayist in the seventeenth century. In this collection, Patrick Hanan has translated six of the twelve stories in the Sh'ier lou collection, which is the most famous individual collection of vernacular stories from pre-modern China. With Hanan's introduc... more »tion and notes, and containing with Li Yu's emphasis marks, notes, and critiques, this volume will interest students of Chinese literature and general readers alike.« less