The Ghost of Bu Zhonghe

Author: George Rodenbach
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This work is a masterpiece of George Rodenbach, the founder of European Symbolist literature in the late 19th century. The protagonist, Joris, lives alone on the "Rosary" embankment in Bruges after his wife's death. One day, he meets a beautiful actress, Scott, who resembles his deceased wife, and soon pursues her, becoming lost in a dream. However, he soon discovers that this lady is not as gentle as he had hoped, unlike his late wife, and falls into depression. Eventually, after Scott desecrates the hairpin of his late wife, which he considers sacred, he angrily strangles her to death. Rodenbach's works use symbols like clouds and fog to break free from the constraints of daily reality, in dizzying dreams, and are accompanied by hazy poetic charm and impressionistic colors to reveal the human heart, pioneering the impressionist movement.