Listen to the rain Mississippi

Author: Liu Huantian (USA)
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: "Memory is an old well by the roadside, buried in mud and grass. Once you stop and remove the covering, you find it as profound as ever and as clear as ever, which then leads to the dryness of both the heart and poetry, causing a deep sense of sorrow." The author writes about the small towns in the south with the power of Faulkner, intricately depicting the friendships between men. Life ages, and so does friendship, but memories never do. Liu Huantian, a renowned essayist who has lived in San Francisco, USA, for over 20 years, has become even more witty, humorous, simple, vivid, and playful with self-deprecation after the age of 50. His writings mostly revolve around mundane and trivial matters, especially excelling at portraying ordinary people. Reading his works on (), one gains a comprehensive understanding of American society through the eyes of Chinese people, the living conditions of various individuals, and finds it endlessly engaging.