Ashen willows in the cold

Author: Shen Jiahe
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Smoky Willow in Cold is the second book in his series of folk novels Wind and Rain in the Alley, and also a sequel to The Bondage of Fate. In his folk novels, the author, with a profound foundation in life, keen observation, and fervent empathy, portrays the vast land of China in the 1930s, which was occupied by the Japanese invaders, leaving the vast majority of the people as slaves in a life worse than beasts. Among this group, the most tragic and lowly were the prostitutes. In exposing this dark period of history, the author fiercely condemns the Japanese invaders who unleashed their beastly nature, the traitors who sought personal gain by collaborating with the enemy, and the merchants who betrayed their own to serve the thieves.