Icing's Autobiography

Author: Bing Xin
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This series is quite different from the "Elephant Figures Focus Series." In the "Focus Series," the described figures are objective subjects, left to the authors to adopt their own perspectives and viewpoints to observe and scan, then narrate in a relatively free manner. In such circumstances, the authors' subjective colors inevitably determine the narrative role and language, so the figures they focus on are often the "one" in their minds rather than the complete truth of the person. Adding to the limited length of the series, the life of a described figure, his rich and ever-changing aspects, cannot be fully presented. Now, the "Elephant Figures Self-Narrative Series" will make up for such shortcomings. In this series, the chosen figures are no longer objects of others' focus and scanning but the protagonists narrating their own lives to readers. Compared to the "Focus Series," it may make readers feel more intimate. Because it can serve as a personalized history reading material and also become a more valuable cultural reading material beyond textbooks. In recent years, writing autobiographies and memoirs is no longer the privilege of individuals, nor is it a daunting path. Everyone, regardless of their profession or the fate they have encountered, can pick up a pen, record their experiences, and leave a piece of witness for history. Undoubtedly, as a large number of autobiographies and memoirs are published one after another, people's understanding of history will gradually become more three-dimensional. The "Elephant Figures Self-Narrative Series" will join this historical reflection in its own way. The figures chosen for the "Elephant Figures Self-Narrative Series" will start with the cultural, then gradually expand to other fields, striving to use illustrations and texts to comprehensively showcase the life trajectories and spiritual worlds of people from all walks of life over the years, together with the "Elephant Figures Focus Series."