Tragic prose classics

Author: Chen Yinchai, Yang Yang, Fu Jie (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This is an anthology of essays selected from a unique perspective, filled with the sorrow of heartbreak, the grief of separation, the pain of losing a friend, and the bitterness of loss. The authors are all renowned essayists: Lu Xun, Xu Zhimo, Liang Shiqiu, Yu Dafu, Eileen Chang, Zhang Chengzhi, and Shu Ting. Their words are profound yet beautiful, delicate yet moving, each sentence expressing various shades of sorrow—genuine and touching, deeply moving. It not only provides readers with emotional nourishment but also offers artistic enjoyment, making it a fine choice for literary enthusiasts and general readers to appreciate and collect. A good essay is like a cup of rich, mellow wine, leaving one lingering and savoring its aftertaste.
This is an anthology of essays selected from a unique perspective, filled with the sorrow of heartbreak, the grief of separation, the pain of losing a friend, and the bitterness of loss. The authors are all renowned essayists: Lu Xun, Xu Zhimo, Liang Shiqiu, Yu Dafu, Eileen Chang, Zhang Chengzhi, and Shu Ting. Their words are profound yet beautiful, delicate yet moving, each sentence expressing various shades of sorrow—genuine and touching, deeply moving. It not only provides readers with emotional nourishment but also offers artistic enjoyment, making it a fine choice for literary enthusiasts and general readers to appreciate and collect.
As the ancients once said, "Words of joy are difficult to craft, while words of hardship are easily beautiful" (Han Yu, Preface to the Songs of Jing and Tan). Westerners also believed that beautiful music is inseparable from melancholy (Percy Bysshe Shelley, A Defence of Poetry). So, selecting masterpieces of sorrow should be effortless, right? However, heart-wrenching cries or heartbroken sobs do not necessarily constitute art. While pain may give birth to poets, good poetry is often written after the pain has subsided. The lingering bitterness of sorrow, tempered by reason, is equally memorable, isn't it?