Qin Wenjun's Collection of Fragrant Flowers · Lily Volume

Author: Qin Wenjun
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Publishing Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This collection is divided into ten volumes, each named after a flower, including "Gardenia Volume," "Cosmos Volume," "Lily Volume," "Wintersweet Volume," "Dragonroot Volume," "Lavender Volume," "Rose Volume," "Dianthus Volume," "Narcissus Volume," and "Gladiolus Volume." The selected works encompass various literary forms, such as full-length novels, essays, short stories, and. These ten volumes compile Qin Wenjun's classic works from recent years. Her renowned full-length novels, such as The Boy Jiali, The Girl Jimei, The Heart History of a Girl, No. 3 Tian Tang Street, and The Autobiography of Liu Ge Shu 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, and floral stationery. Each volume also includes personal letters written by the author to young boys and girls. Additionally, it comes with 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 akin to flowers. 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 creative spaces for contemporary Chinese children's literature and brought fresh aesthetic pleasure to young readers. Her novels feature unique artistic structures, vivid details, and a lighthearted, humorous tone. They are close to the times,, and resonate with the real lives and psychological realities of young people. She portrays the hearts of young boys and girls as bright and fragrant, while also depicting the awkwardness, complexity, joys, and pains of their growth. Qin Wenjun has successfully created iconic characters such as "The Boy Jiali" and "The Girl Jimei," who will shine forever in the hall of fame of children's literature.
This collection is rich in content and has a unique style, with flower-themed covers, floral chapter headings, and floral stationery. Each volume also includes personal letters written by the author to young boys and girls. Additionally, it comes with 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 akin to flowers, making it highly collectible.
This volume includes two full-length novels: The Girl Jimei and Little Girl Lin Xiaomei. The Girl Jimei was adapted into a twenty-episode television drama series. Jimei is a girl who follows her instincts. Her older brother, Jiali, often looks down on her, but Jimei shines in several competitions, forcing Jiali to take notice. Little Girl Lin Xiaomei tells the amusing and engaging stories of Lin Xiaomei and her friends. Lin Xiaomei is a beautiful and independent girl, admired by boys and envied by girls, but she also carries many unspoken worries. The novel is humorous and witty, filled with laughter. It is a work perfect for girls, with the subtle fragrance of lilies.