Feng Jicai's Selected Works: Short Stories by Contemporary Chinese Masters

Author: Feng Jicai
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: According to the current theory of flash fiction, the standard for classifying "flash fiction" is merely the number of words. I believe that there is no essential difference between an excellent flash fiction and a short story, as some important characteristics of short stories can also be found in flash fiction. In the outstanding works of flash fiction from the late 20th century New Period, we can see that it shares the following qualities with short stories:
1. Spirit
2. Expression
3. Space
4. Language
5. Creativity
Writing and reading are partners in a conspiracy; they share a common fate and are inseparable. Reading is a conversation, and since it is a conversation, we must face the wise. Reading is a listening, and since it is listening, we must face the voice of the heart. Reading is also a journey of life, and since it is a journey, we must embark together. For us, writing and reading are an eternal and unfinished reality. We are always in a process of creation and discovery, in a state of the unknown. The meaning of writing and reading is no longer so-called life, but rather a process of entering the spiritual world through writing and reading.