Choice (Representative Novel of Famous Contemporary Chinese Writers)

Author: Zhang Ping
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Representative works of contemporary Chinese famous writers. Zhang Ping was born in Xi'an in 1954 and is from Xinjiang, Shanxi. He is currently the Vice President of the Chinese Writers' Association, President of the Shanxi Writers' Association, and President of the Shanxi Film Artists' Association. His works include The Choice, Sacrifice to My Wife, My Sister, Joining the Party, Law Trembles in Fenxi, The Heavenly Net, Tears of an Orphan, Ambush from Ten Sides, The Girl Across the Street, and Civil Servant. The Choice won the Fifth Mao Dun Literature Prize.
After workers from the Zhongyang Textile Group staged a protest, exposing the corruption within the company's leadership, Mayor Li Gaocheng began a secret investigation. The results revealed that his former subordinate, his former superior, and even his wife were all connected to the case in some way. What should he do? Between the public and his family and friends, he had to make a choice. In the end, he chose the people, and the people chose him.
With the courage to confront reality, the work mercilessly criticizes corrupt officials and fearlessly exposes and denounces corrupt practices such as buying official positions, using public funds for prostitution, bribery, and forming cliques. It truthfully portrays the agonizing inner struggle and choices of the protagonist, Li Gaocheng, creating a gripping narrative.