Selected Essays of Yu Guangzhong

Author: Chen Yizhi
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: New Century Essayists · Series. Yu Guangzhong, whose poems and prose are widely praised in all directions, guides readers on the path of humanistic sentiments to observe wonders and explore dangers, gaining multiple surprises in the training of imagination and the understanding of the world. Yu Guangzhong's essays are like layered peaks and strange cliffs, and without reading the 1963 work Ghost Rain, one cannot be considered to have entered the mountain; missing any one of the works from 1966 (Nantaiji, The Shepherd God of Nostalgia), 1967 (A Letter to Shakespeare), or 1968 (A Day Downstream), one cannot be considered a true reader. The works of his from the 1960s each possess a unique magical resonance. Later, he shifted to lyrical and historical writing, transforming profound insights into prose, and his creations became even more diverse. This selected collection showcases the rich cultivation of a master figure across different eras.