North

Author: Sheng Keli
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: "Focusing on the survival struggles of marginalized girls and revealing the spiritual and physical hardships of migrant workers," this was the original intention behind Sheng Keli's creation of Beimei two years ago. As a woman living in Shenzhen who is not originally from there, Sheng Keli also refers to herself as a "Beimei" (migrant worker from the north). She feels a strong sisterhood toward migrant workers. She believes, "Life can be fashionable, but writing doesn’t have to be." As a result, this debut novel differs greatly from Shuilu and Huozhai, which brought her considerable reputation. Because of the depiction of the heavy, suffering,, and ignorant life of Beimei, Beimei has been called by some critics a "book of life and death for women at the bottom of society."