King's Crown

Author: Mu Bifang
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book is the third installment in the author's decade-long creation of a trilogy of new urban literature. Set in the western city of Xihua, the novel opens at the turn of the century, against the backdrop of the Western Development Strategy, focusing on the dynamic figures in Xihua's political and business circles. With the main characters' decades-long entanglements of love and enmity as the central thread, it portrays a grand drama of the lives of contemporary Chinese urbanites, authentically recording the emotional journey of people during a period of transformation. It adds a series of vivid, era-defining characters like Ji Zhao, Su Xin, and Mou Kejin to the gallery of literature in the new era. The novel boasts a lofty theme, a unique perspective, and is both grand and rugged yet delicate and subtle. It blends politics, economics, and culture, incorporating philosophical reflections, anti-corruption themes, and romantic elements, making it a new contribution to new urban literature by the author, following her previous works The Age of Confusion and Days Without Rain.