Under the Heavens There Are No Thieves: Illustrated Edition (Illustrated Edition)

Author: Zhao Benfu
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Shageng—a naive and confused teenager works in the desert for five years and returns home with a huge sum of money. On the train, he is targeted by numerous thieves and encounters a pair of long-sought-after master robbers. The journey is full of danger, yet the teenager remains oblivious. What happens on the train? Is the money stolen or robbed? Does the teenager meet with misfortune or emerge unscathed? The story has multiple possibilities, but only one ending, yet it leaves us with a true sense of thrilling suspense and the beauty of humanity. This work is the only literary version of Feng Xiaogang's 2005 New Year film Under the.
Under the, as Feng Xiaogang's 2005 New Year film, sparked buzz from the beginning of the year to the end, with its fiery popularity spanning the entire year. As the only literary version of Under the, Zhao Benfu's novel Under the was officially published by the People's Literature Publishing House. The novel tells a story of spiritual purification and idealism. The young man, Shageng, works in the northwest for five years and sets off to return home for the New Year to marry his bride. Carrying six thousand yuan in savings from his five years of work, he is simple and innocent, his inner joy as bright as sunshine. He believes in "There Are No Thieves in the World," and his naivety and brightness move a pair of habitual thieves. To make "There Are No Thieves in the World" a reality, this "dangerous journey" turns the thieves into heroes.