Northern Totem

Author: Gao Guang
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Still the same Gao Guang who has written wuxia and historical novels, with writing that remains sharp and elegant. This time, the story takes place in Northeast China during the Anti-Japanese War, with the protagonists including Zhao Shangzhi and Yang Jiyu. What readers might not expect is that such a novel could be so engaging. Zhao Shangzhi and Yang Jiyu, leaders of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, have become a major thorn in the side of the Japanese Kwantung Army. Before the war, General Kishida Ryoichiro, the former commander of the Jinzhou and Andong provincial police stations in Tokyo, who had taught Japanese literature, sought to find a way to eliminate the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army by delving into the ancient hunting culture of Northeast China. Meanwhile, Chuo Kojiri, the head of the police station's special operations unit and a student of Kishida, is a maniacal killer. This old and young duo plots relentlessly, cunning and cruel, gradually forcing Zhao Shangzhi, Yang Jiyu, and their forces into perilous situations. However, when they finally obtain the heads of Zhao Shangzhi and Yang Jiyu, they realize: not only is the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army unconquerable, but the entire Chinese nation is invincible. Any invader will become a shameful and tragic loser. Gao Guang's long war novel, with the brutal Japanese army as its viewpoint and the deep cultural conflict between China and Japan as its foundation, has a fresh perspective, a complex structure, and a mysterious hue, possessing a unique charm that sets it apart from other works of its kind.