This book presents the lives of persons living under certain historical conditions in China. The book is written as a series of narrations by the three principal characters and contains numerous quoted passages. The author's intention is to show the connection between history and today's reality. This fiction reflects the wisdom of modern Chinese literature and the serious attitude of the author.
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The people's Literature Publishing House, founded in March 1951, is a national publishing institution whose subsidiary is the Foreign Literature Publishing House. It has published a considerable amount of classic Chinese literary works, representative works of modern and contemporary literature and Chinese versions of outstanding overseas literary works, as well as works on literary theories and children's books etc. Books published over the years have formed an excellent series of public... more about