Great Changes in the Mountainous Countryside

Author: Zhou Libo
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book can be considered a sequel to "Fierce Wind and Violent Storm." Although one depicts the land reform in Northeast China, the other portrays the agricultural cooperative movement in the mountainous areas of Hunan. Both are tempests that swept through rural China. The novel focuses deeply on the profound and extensive changes brought about by the agricultural cooperative movement in a secluded mountain village: the economic foundation of private ownership that had lasted for years, the outdated social customs, family life, and human relationships were all uprooted in a short period. The author uses delicate self-criticism, imbued with a warm, rustic charm, to portray several revolutionary cadres and peasants. Among them, Deng Xiumei, Li Yuehui, Chen Zaichun, and Sheng Youting, each possess distinct personalities and characteristics, leaving a lasting impression.