"Generations of Elegance (Complete Four Volumes) -- China Bookstore. Literary Category"

Author: Ouyang Shan
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Publish Date: 2005-07-26
Features: ★32-page paperback, People's Literature Publishing House, 1st edition, 1st printing ★The entire book has 1,975 pages, 1,443,000 words, rich in content, priced at only 93 yuan, a great value ★Since the first volume of "Generations of the Flowing Tide," "Three Family Lane," was published in 1959, over 1 million copies have been printed and distributed. The third volume, "Willow Shade Blooms," was ranked as one of the top ten best-selling books in China in 1981 and won the first Lu Xun Literature Award in Guangdong Province in 1983 ★The novel spans decades in time, from the May Fourth Movement, the National Revolution, the War of Liberation, the War of Resistance against Japan, and the War of Liberation to the founding of the People's Republic of China, and covers vast regions geographically, including Guangzhou, Guangdong, Shanghai, Chongqing, Yan'an, and North China. With a grand style, it portrays a series of typical characters from all classes of society ★In the work, major historical events such as the Hong Kong and Canton Strike, the Sha Massacre, the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army, the April 12th Counter-Revolutionary Coup, and the Guangzhou Uprising are either artistically recreated to varying degrees or touched upon, thus recording the experience and lessons of the Chinese revolution during this period. The novel holds an important position in the history of contemporary Chinese literature. Its publication fills the in the reflection of the southern revolution struggles in the 1920s in contemporary Chinese literature. Set in Guangzhou, the novel realistically, vividly, and historically depicts the rise and fall of various political forces, the changes in different classes, and the evolution of the spiritual worlds of different characters, especially the choices young people make in their life paths. In the work, major historical events such as the Hong Kong and Canton Strike, the Sha Massacre, the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army, the April 12th Counter-Revolutionary Coup, and the Guangzhou Uprising are either artistically recreated to varying degrees or touched upon, thus recording the experience and lessons of the Chinese revolution during this period.