呼蘭河傳
Tales of Hulan River — 蕭紅 Xiao Hong, 1940
Xiao Hong's lyrical last novel — a childhood in a small Manchurian town, told in seven chapters and an epilogue.
73% of words ≤ HSK 417% off-list words
Author 蕭紅 (Xiao Hong) died in 1942: public domain in China (life + 50 years) and in the United States (author died before 1946, so copyright was never restored under the URAA). Source: zh.wikisource.org.