到城里去（英文版）

　　21st Century Chinese Literature -- Points of Departure
　　Dreams and Realities of Going to Town
　　The Berry Pickers
　　Two Women in Xiema Mountain Village
　　Day in Day out
　　Upper
　　Vital Earth
　　A Ram Goes Visiting
　　Cynomorium Shoots
　　Going to Town
　　The Horse Grave
　　Editor's Recommended Reading （in Chinese）

　　Zhang Yiwu is a Professor and PhD supervisor at Peking University's Chinese Language and Literature Department， and Deputy Head of the Peking University Cultural Resources Research Center. He specializes in teaching and research in Chinese contemporary literature， mass culture and critical theory. Since the 1990s， Zhang has engaged in a series of pioneering research examining the "relationship between globalization and China's contemporary mass culture，" offering insightful interpretations of current cultural phenomena in Chinese society during this transitional phase. His main works are： Searching at the Margins， The Big Turn， From Modernity to Post-modernity， Images of "New New China，" and Globalization and Chinese Film in Transition. He also compiled Cultural Development History during Thirty Years of China's Reform and Opening-up.

　　《21世纪中国当代文学书库》收录的是1995年以来发表的作品。这些作品与这个时期的中国社会紧密相联，通过文学形象反映了新时期中国民众的生活与情感，是当今欧美国家读者真正想了解的中国的真实状况。亦是真正的关于当代中国的选题。
　　《到城里去（英文版）》是“21世纪中国当代文学书库”之《到城里去——乡土文学卷》收录的9部作品，从各个侧面书写了我们这个国度的乡土面孔、乡土灵魂、乡土记忆、乡土情感，拼合起来，就是中国人的总体心灵肖像。其中包括孙惠芬的《歇马山庄的两个女人》、陈忠实的《日子》、葛水平的《地气》等。