Life on earth

Author: Guan Renshan
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Layoff has become an undeniable fact. In the face of this reality, people from all walks of life react in various ways. This novel depicts the attitudes and behaviors chosen by laid-off workers when confronted with this reality. While one cannot choose their fate in life, one can absolutely change it. The characters in the book, such as Liu Dalong and Niu Zi, with their unchangeable personalities and life attitudes, have forged their own humble yet brilliant lives. The novel's writing style is simple and unadorned, with touching details of daily life, making it a work of realism. Guan Shishan and Tan Ge are renowned contemporary Chinese writers known for their realistic works. It is believed that their novels will make readers feel the closeness of life.
Guan Renshan is a male Manchu writer born on February 2, 1963, in Fengnan County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. He began literary in 1984 and is currently a member of the China Writers' Association and a professional writer at the Hebei Literature Institute. He was once ranked among the Top Ten Young Writers of Hebei Province. His major works include:
Novels: Fengzhu Town, The Magical Sea of Virgin, Legend of the Red Rice (co-authored);
Long-formLiterature: Sun God in a Small Town;
Short-story Collections: A Snowless Homeland, Selected Stories of Guan Renshan (over 3 million words in total).
His works have been frequently reprinted in publications such as Novel Monthly, Novel Selection, Xinhua Digest, and Works and Controversies. Among them, the short-story collection Selected Stories of Guan Renshan won the Fifth National Ethnic Literature Award; the short stories Bitter Snow and Drunk Drum received the Excellent Novel Award from People's Literature; the medium-length story Return to Home in September won the Excellent Novel Award from the Sixth October Literary Magazine and the First Prize from Beijing Literature; and the short story Ship Sacrifice won the champion award in the Second World Chinese Literature Competition organized by Hong Kong's Asia Weekly. His works have been adapted into films, television dramas, stage plays, and radio dramas multiple times. Some of his works have been translated into English, French, and Japanese.