Smoke and mist afterglow

Author: Shi Pingmei
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book selects approximately 100,000 words of prose and poetry by Shi Pingmei, a renowned female writer and poet of the May Fourth Movement, including works such as Remnants of Mist and Cloud, Elegy by the Twilight, Dreaming Back to the Silent Light, Weeping for Heroes, A Red Leaf, and Ivory Ring. While compiling the selections, the effort was made to maintain stylistic unity, allowing modern readers to connect with the text and thereby resonate with it. Another distinctive feature of the book is the inclusion of historical photographs and illustrative images that complement the literary works, accompanied by relevant annotations and background information, such as her studies in Beijing, her role as the "Rose," and her passionate and tragic love with Gao Junyu. These elements provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the author's brief life and literary activities, as well as deeper insight into the sorrowful and lingering nature of her writings.
Shi Pingmei—her life was as fleeting as lightning, her death as swift as a comet. She possessed both the classical melancholy and tenderness of tradition and the fervor and determination of the May Fourth Movement. Her hopes were written in water, her ideals built on sand. She was a "lover of love" and the daughter of romanticism.