Clay and Fire

Author: He Tao
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: "Clay and Flame" is a collection of essays composed of 100 related articles. The book is filled with detailed memories and imaginative memories of Jiangnan, including the young Rainwater, fire towns for pottery-making, books, travels, rural areas with rivers, and the impoverished lives of lower-class relatives. These core words act like springs, gushing directly to form the chapters of the entire book. As a themed essay collection, the writing purpose of "Clay and Flame" is to use the Chinese language to construct a private literary Jiangnan closely related to the author's life. This Jiangnan includes the regions of Wu, Yue, and Chu along the Yangtze River. Clay and flame, the two fundamental elements of pottery-making; the place of the author's birth and growth is a fire town for pottery-making in Jiangnan—hence the title.