Leng Shan

Author: Charles Frazee
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Publication Date: 2004-05-01
Features: A thrilling epic of heroes, a touching poem of love. Together with Gone with the Wind, it is known as the "Twin Gems of 20th Century American Literature." Awarded the National Book Award, the American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award, and ranked as one of the Top 10 Bestselling Books in the United States. This extraordinary novel tells the perilous journey of a soldier returning home to his beloved at the end of the American Civil War. A great love story blends with a lonely and sorrowful long road. Set against the backdrop of local history and based on the author's family story passed down from his great-grandfather, the work narrates the tale of a wounded soldier, Inman, who leaves the brutal battlefield and crosses the devastated, soon-to-be-defeated Southern land to return to his pre-war sweetheart, Ada. Meanwhile, Ada, with the help of the courageous and tenacious young Rubina, strives to rebuild her father's farm. Inman's "Odyssey" intertwines with Ada's struggle, and as the war nears its end, their long-separated lives are about to converge. When they embrace tightly in the dense forest, ready to savor the sweetness and happiness of post-war love, a disaster strikes from the sky. Charles Frazee keenly observes the relationship between humans and the land, as well as the dangers of loneliness, and possesses the same sharp insight into social changes as the great 19th-century novelists. This book recreates a world that has disappeared, yet still holds profound significance in our time.