Qin Wenjun's Fragrance Collection · Gardenia Volume

Author: Qin Wenjun
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This collection is divided into ten volumes, each named after a flower, including "Gardenia Volume," "Larkspur Volume," "Lily Volume," "Wintersweet Volume," "Dragonwort Volume," "Lavender Volume," "Rose Volume," "Dianthus Volume," "Narcissus Volume," and "Gladiolus Volume." The selected works encompass various literary forms, such as novels, essays, short stories, and. These ten volumes compile Qin Wenjun's classic works from recent years. Her renowned novels, such as The Boy Jiali, The Girl Jumei, The Heart History of a Girl, No. 3 Tian Tang Street, and The Autobiography of Liu Gezi Belonging to a Teenager, are all included. This collection is rich in content and has a unique style, featuring flower-themed covers, floral chapter headings, floral stationery, and personal letters written by the author for young men and women in each volume. It also includes prefaces filled with the fragrance of flowers written by ten prominent Chinese children's literature writers and critics. This collection, much like the characters in Qin Wenjun's works, exudes a youthful energy like a blooming flower. The series has an elegant tone, with grand and exquisite cover designs that are both substantial and fashionable, making it highly collectible.
Qin Wenjun is one of the most important, representative, and transitional figures in modern Chinese children's literature since the New Period. Her artistic explorations have opened up new artistic spaces for contemporary Chinese children's literature and brought readers, especially young people, fresh aesthetic pleasures. Her novels feature unique artistic structures, rich and vivid details, and a light, humorous tone. They are close to the times,, and the realities of life and psychology of young people. She portrays the hearts of young men and women filled with sunshine and floral scents, as well as the awkwardness, complexity, joys, and pains they experience during their growth and transformation. Qin Wenjun has successfully created iconic characters such as "The Boy Jiali" and "The Girl Jumei," who will shine forever in the hall of fame of children's literature.
This collection is rich in content and has a unique style, featuring flower-themed covers, floral chapter headings, floral stationery, and personal letters written by the author for young men and women in each volume. It also includes prefaces filled with the fragrance of flowers written by ten prominent Chinese children's literature writers and critics. This collection, much like the characters in Qin Wenjun's works, exudes a youthful energy like a blooming flower, making it highly collectible.
This volume includes two novels: The Black-Haired Sister and Summer of the Fifteenth Year. The Black-Haired Sister depicts the troubles and anxieties of a girl as she grows up, bids farewell to innocence, and transitions into adulthood. Summer of the Fifteenth Year tells the extraordinary emotional experiences of a group of young men and women literature enthusiasts during a summer camp. The works are like gardenias blooming after enduring storms, radiating a sweet fragrance.