Selected Prose Works of Shi Tuo

Author: Shi Tuo
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book includes 43 essays from different periods of the author's work, 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 essays. However, his essays are truly as he described them when naming this collection, Yellow Moss, "wild plants," possessing an vitality that stubbornly and vibrantly blooms. Among Shi Tuo's essays, 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 fundamental 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, were already largely established, mostly written in a novelistic style.