Ai Wu Biography

Author: Wang Yi
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: In the summer of 1925, Tang Daogeng, a dropout from Sichuan Normal School, boarded a slightly swaying wooden boat at Wangjiangkou in Chengdu, sailing down the Funan River with the current, quietly slipping out of the sight of his loved ones, and began a life away from home for thirty years. Along the way, he witnessed and described the beauty and tranquility of the mountains, the simplicity and poverty of the mountain people, the fierceness and agility of horse thieves, the unique customs of ethnic minorities in the border areas, and the exotic atmosphere of Bhamo in Myanmar and Yangon. Barefoot and wandering, with a ink bottle hanging around his neck, he gradually walked into the life of the famous writer Ai Wu—although this was not his original intention. This book showcases the journey of a vagrant becoming a writer, his wandering and writing, his stubbornness and helplessness, his glory and awkwardness.