Harvest Selected Short Stories of 2003

Author: Compiled by the Editorial Department of Our Company
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This book is a selection of short and medium-length stories from Harvest in 2003, including two short stories and six medium-length stories. In Mo Yan's The Carpenter and the Dog, through a "legend" that is constantly rewritten in this lonely village, the story tells of the irreplaceable dignity of the "weak." In Chi Zijian's One Horse, Two People, an elderly couple with a bleak late life and an old horse they accompany together depict the sorrow, tenderness, and vicissitudes of life at the grassroots level. Tang Ying's Instant Journey tells the story of Chu Hong, who has experienced numerous tragedies while living abroad. This is not just a story of a "one-night stand of the soul," but also a process of drifting and returning "on the road." Lao Mao's I Can't Sleep plunges the men and women in a building into a turbulent vortex of fate following a murder, where the end of one murder marks the beginning of another. In Xu Yi's The Pale Green Moon, the cracks behind life slowly widen, and Jiezi refuses to turn a blind eye. This leads to the gradual destruction of an upright husbandly image and the fading of passionate sparks. Zhang Li's The Sheep tells of the love story between two generations of American missionaries and a Chinese woman of good standing, who cross paths. Despite a 50-year gap in time, the process and outcome are astonishingly similar. Han Xiaozheng's The Fine Vessel portrays the unwavering obsession of the performance artist Song Yu, whose inner confusion and contradictions are undeniably laid bare in her life. Di An's Sister's Jungle depicts the sharp pain and sorrow of youth, the insightful view of the adult world, and the intertwining of two emotions—both joyful and tragic.