Selected Prose Works of Shi Tuo

Author: Shi Tuo Fan Peisong
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book includes 43 prose works from different periods of the author, showcasing the charm of prose written with a novelistic approach. Shi Tuo may not be considered a master of prose in the history of modern Chinese prose, and his fame in the literary world was largely due to his novels rather than his prose. However, his prose, as he himself said when naming this collection "Yellow Moss," is like "wild plants," possessing an indomitable vitality, always stubbornly and vibrantly blooming. In Shi Tuo's prose, in addition to some chapters about his hometown's rural life, the most prominent are his character sketches, which should also be given due attention. The basic method of Shi Tuo's prose creation is to treat prose as if it were a novel. His early prose works, such as "Yellow Moss," "Rivers and Lakes," and "Watching People," had already taken shape, mostly written in a novelistic style.