2003 Essays

Author: Editorial Department of People's Literature Publishing House
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The book features diverse themes and styles, selecting works based on quality rather than fame. It emphasizes extensive reading and continuous refinement. The essays included are all from China's 2003 prose collection. They cover topics such as "The White Houses in Kekexili," "Night Reading Notes," "A Glimmer of Night's Deep Breath," "Father and His Used Farm Tools," "Possible Words," "Navigating Between Multiple Languages and Tribes," "Can You Be So Transparent?" "A Fish Full of Hallucinations," "The Fragrance of Life," "Three Reflections on Conscience—Notes on Reading History," "In Memory of My Mother Zhao Jun Tao," "Autumn Scenery in the Imperial Summer Palace," "Born and Raised," "A Feast for the Senses," "Old Friends in the Courtyard," "Strive to Breathe," "Silent Walls," "Between Gazing Up and Looking Down," "Chatting," "Overseas Speech and Branded Underwear," "Missing," "Sorry for Those Young Corn Stalks," "Where the Sun Shines the Brightest (Another Essay)," "Farewell Vladivostok," "In the Desert," "Humor of Computers and More," "Fieldwork," "A Mother Who Doesn't Read Poetry," "Blind Man's Diary," "Happy Cemetery," "Screaming Love and Other Stories," "The Most Beautiful Woman," "Gravel Land," "Notes on Inscriptions," "Fragments After Passion," "Crazy Mother," "Harmony," "The Love of a Lower-Class Man," "Arrowhead and Eared Gram," "Me and Him, Carrying Two Pounds of Potatoes Out of the Crowd," "Five Sketches," "Winter Love Words," "The Death of Trees," "Checkup," "Storms," "Gamblers," "Distant Voices," "Green Grass," and "Let's Walk and Talk Together."