2004 Harvest of Selected Novels

Author: Yu Qiuyu
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Deep Throat combines elements of bestsellers. The smoke of the newspaper war, the rise and fall of the careers of three young talents, lingering love, the mystery that runs throughout, and the bloody killings make readers reluctant to put down the book. Zhang Xin's ability to weave stories and create bestsellers is truly awe-inspiring. Yu Qiuyu's "memory literature" Borrow Me a Life (Volume 1, Volume 2) straddles between memoir and fiction. This is also Yu Qiuyu's "farewell to the Chinese cultural circle," involving many unknown experiences of him and his family, and depicting the "exposing" and "criticizing" modes of the Cultural Revolution era from predecessors to himself. Through simple and authentic memories, he composes a literary work. In the newspaper war, the careers of three young talents rise and fall dramatically. Lingering love, the mystery that runs throughout, and bloody killings—Deep Throat reveals the deep voices of the newspaper world. Yu Qiuyu's "memory literature" Borrow Me a Life straddles between memoir and fiction. What is memory literature? Is it literature that embellishes memory, or is it memory thats literature?