October Collection · Orange Volume: Novellas

Author: Xie Mian
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: "October Classics" series is a collection of selected works from the 20+ years since the founding of "October" magazine. These works, upon their publication, caused a sensation and generated significant social. The series is divided into seven volumes: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, and Purple. It includes five volumes of middle-length fiction, one volume of short fiction, and one volume of essays. The series is edited by renowned scholar Professor Xie Mian and literary critics Meng Fanhua, Chen Xiaoming, He Shaojun, and Cheng Guangwei. The design of the series is unique—it is not only an excellent collection of works but also includes self-reflections by the authors on their creative process, old photographs of the authors from that time, and insightful reviews of the works by critics. This volume contains five middle-length fiction works: "Butterfly," "When the Sunset Disappears," "The Romance of Zhang the Blacksmith," "Flowers Beneath the Mountain," and "Black."