Memories of Taihu Lake: The Death of Lao She

Author: Zheng Shi
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Publish Date: 2001-11-18
Features: On a day in August 1966, people in Beijing's Taiping Lake discovered the body of an elderly man. He was quietly recovered and cremated the same day, yet his name did not vanish with the weary and frail body. Instead, many years later, on every anniversary of his birth, people would bestow an immortal halo upon him. His mysterious "unusual death" had already, without notice, become part of historical legend. Why would this man, who had used his pen to create countless vivid lives and brought joy to countless others, end his life alone? This book is the answer!