The story inside

Author: Zhu Zhenglin
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: During the Cultural Revolution, the author was imprisoned for being accused of participating in an anti-revolutionary group and was only released after more than four years. This led to a very special experience during a very special period. Thirty years later, he was inspired again and turned this period of experience into a series of stories. He did not do this out of nostalgia or to expose anything, but rather to reflect on how these past events contributed to his present self while writing. The perspective is very personal, of course, and cannot avoid the imprint of the times. A young man who loved reading and revered knowledge, born in such an era and also suffering imprisonment, had his human nature tempered and his life's reflections colored with a certain legend and severity. All of this, when narrated, takes on a composed demeanor due to the passage of time. The author believes that the stories inside are merely one form of life, one kind of situation.