A Personal Chronicle of the Literary World for Fifty Years (1949-1999), Volumes 1 and 2

Author: Tu Guangqun
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Fifty years, the author has long been engaged in the China literary front, experiencing the initial clarity and occasional rain, later the dark and turbulent times with incessant rooster crows, and the arduous and winding years; he has also gone through the new historical period of alternating warmth and cold, with sunshine and rain again. Eventually, Chinese literature and Chinese writers chose and embarked on the path of revival and creation of Chinese literature, which holds world-historical significance. The author has written, based on his personal observations and experiences, the true picture of China's literary scene in the past half-century, mainly focusing on the creative journey, its rise and fall, glory and disgrace, and the destinies of numerous writers, as well as the emergence of outstanding works and new talents breaking through the ground. These latter ones signify the new hope and future of Chinese literature. This is a biographical and historical work, written with real materials, presenting a living history and dramatic pages of China's literary scene for half a century. It brings to the world not only enjoyable reading and appreciation but also unprecedented new perspectives. "To review the past in order to understand the present," every person who cares about the fate of China's literary scene, Chinese literature, and its development, cannot fail to read this book.