Loud

Author: Zhuang Xuqing
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Publishing Date: 2005-05-01
Features: A story of the life and death, joys and sorrows of people in a remote mountain village in Shandong, recorded by a "speaker" and woven together from fragments of daily life. They believe that life, death, joy, sorrow, and all emotions are forever in the hands of an invisible "man with a knife." The "man with a knife" sends the "man in the blue coat" to act in the human world and constantly issues warnings to the people with a "loud" voice. The novel breaks the traditional linear narrative structure, integrating countless "fragments" in a scattered yet coherent way, creating a unique narrative effect. The language is humorous and rustic, with characters full of individuality. The entire work carries strong symbolic meaning, and the ideas it conveys are even more worth pondering.
About the "QQ·Writer Cup" Writing Competition
The "QQ·Writer Cup" Writing Competition was held in collaboration by Tencent and the Writer Publishing House, leveraging their respective strengths and capabilities in the industry. The competition aims to promote high-quality online literary works, discover and nurture new talents in literature, and provide a platform for those who love literature and the internet to read, communicate, and showcase their potential. This competition specially invited legendary figures in the publishing industry, Mr. Zhang Shengyou, as well as renowned writers Wang Meng, Wang Anyi, A Lai, Zhang Ping, Huang Guorong, scholar Cao Wenxuan, critics Lei Da, Li Jingze, netizen Murong Xuécun, journalist Chen Yin, and Zhu Defu, to serve as the final judges, fully reflecting the high standards, seriousness, and authority of this competition.
From its official launch in May 2004 to its conclusion in April 2005, the competition received a total of 117,000 entries. Through the sincere cooperation and joint efforts of Tencent and the Writer Publishing House, after strict preliminary, secondary, and final reviews, seven novels, six short stories, twenty-five short stories, twenty-four essays, and thirty-seven poems emerged victorious, winning various awards, thus forming this series of winning works from the "QQ·Writer Cup" Writing Competition.
This book tells the story of the life and death, joys and sorrows of people in a remote mountain village in Shandong, recorded by a "speaker" and woven together from fragments of daily life.