Collection 9: Life's Storms (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Ma Shitu
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: "Collected Works of Ma Shitu," a crystallization of Ma's literary creations over more than half a century, including novels,literature, essays, poems,, travelogues, andwritings. In his preface, Ma writes: "I became a writer later in life and cannot claim to be an outstanding one. But I dare say that I have participated in the Chinese revolution and can be considered a revolutionary. Therefore, if my works can be called literary works, they would be revolutionary literary works. At the age of ninety, Ma Shitu is a renowned writer with a sharp wit, relentless dedication to writing, and outstanding creative achievements. As early as the 1930s, he devoted himself to the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal revolutionary tide. The perilous environment of white terror and the dangers of forged his revolutionary will and also bound him to literary creation. Over 70 years, while engaging in the revolution and handling busy leadership responsibilities, he tirelessly cultivated the literary field, publishing numerous novels,literature, essays,, poems, and other works, achieving remarkable accomplishments. His creations, with vivid imagery, dramatic plots, and colloquial language, depict the revolutionary and construction lives of the people. His writing is simple, sharp, yet lively and dynamic, revealing through its sharpness or humor the true and individuality of a people's writer. The passionate spirit of "The Bold Song of the Qing River" showcases the noble and kind hearts of the Chinese people, elevating the readers' emotional and aesthetic realms. China needs fools, and it needs many, many fools. It needed them in the past, it needs them now, and it will need them in the future. A new world is created by fools who dare to resist and fight desperately. History is driven forward by fools who dare to doubt and pursue. Progress for humanity requires fools. Long live fools! This book is a record of the life of a fool. It is a book for fools.