Divorce

Author: Lao She
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Publish Date: 1998-09-01
Features: This book is a collection of works based on this theme. Among them is the famous long "Divorce," written in 1933. Through the comedic conflicts in marriage and family life faced by Zhang Daogang, a clerk in the old Beijing financial bureau, and Lao Li, an urban intellectual, the novel reveals the gray lives and humble souls of the urban society. With a humorous and witty tone, it satirizes the compromises, weaknesses, compromises, evasions, and self-satisfaction of the gray characters, as well as the urban philosophy of the citizens. The novel, with its vivid portrayal of the urban society, expands the thematic scope of Chinese new literature and demonstrates the uniqueness and depth of Lao She's realistic creation.