Heavy Wings – China Collection

Author: Zhang Jie
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: "The Chinese Library" primarily collects outstanding works and translations published in China since the 20th century in the fields of philosophy, social sciences, literary and artistic creation, and science and cultural popularization. These works and translations have had a significant positive impact on China's political, economic, cultural, and social development over the past century and remain highly valuable to this day. They are classic and essential works that every Chinese reader must read.
Great works are always the intellectual theories that shook the wisdom of every era, the that enlightened the people, and the works that moved the hearts. They are treasures of the times and national culture, and they should be recognized in their time and benefit for generations to come. The "Chinese Library" collects and publishes these works over the past century from a historical and realistic perspective, providing a macro review of publishing achievements in the 20th century and actively exploring future publishing endeavors. It aims to contribute to the construction of advanced Chinese culture and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Some titles in the "Chinese Library" require reformatting due to technical reasons, while most retain their original layout. A library of this scale, with thousands of books, spans a wide range of styles—serious, humorous, elegant, and popular. A uniform layout may not always be suitable. Moreover, layout design is also an aesthetic aspect of a book's form. While readers absorb knowledge and appreciate works, they can also enjoy the distinctive styles of layout design from different publishing houses across different periods. This is a small pleasure left for readers.
This series features the representative works of contemporary renowned writer Zhang Jie. Set against the backdrop of the restructuring and reform of the Ministry of Heavy Industry and its affiliated factories, the novel depicts the diverse attitudes of officials from the ministerial and departmental levels, journalists, workers, and ordinary people toward economic reform, as well as their rich inner worlds and varied ways of life. With strong emotions, the novel portrays the conflicts between the new and the old, civilization and ignorance, liberation and rigidity, and reform and conservatism during the early stages of reform. It is filled with high passion and majestic momentum. The novel was awarded the Second Mao Dun Literature Prize.