Swinging Pendulum: A Fилософical Novel by Liu Guofang

Author: Liu Guofang
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Liu Guofang is one of China's most influential micro-fiction writers. His name and experiences are inextricably linked to the history of contemporary micro-fiction in mainland China. Some believe that anyone who reads in China has read Liu Guofang's micro-fiction. The Swing That Cannot Swing demonstrates a typical writing style of micro-fiction and the artistic height and achievements that this genre has currently reached. He has mastered and skillfully employed the micro-fiction genre, adept at seeing the big in the small, revealing the extraordinary in the ordinary. He focuses on realism, pays attention to life, praises truth, goodness, and beauty, and criticizes falsehood, ugliness, and evil. He emphasizes cleverly crafted plots and pursues diverse artistic expressions—realistic, allegorical, symbolic, and absurd—creating a captivating and endlessly enjoyable masterpiece.