Flowers of Literature Series -- Selected Prose of Zong Pu

Author: Zong Pu, Chen Suyan (editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This series of "Contemporary Essays" is a part of the "Baihua Essays Series." It selects renowned and outstanding works of essayists since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, organized into individual volumes for each author. The selected authors are all famous essayists of that era, and the chosen works are carefully curated to reflect the developmental trajectory of each author's essay writing. Each volume begins with an extensive critical preface of over 10,000 words, briefly introducing the author's life and, in conjunction with the essays selected, analyzing and evaluating their artistic characteristics, creative development, and influence. The selected works are annotated with their original publication sources and dates as much as possible; necessary notes are also provided for particularly challenging sections.
As early as the 1950s, when Zong Pu's novel Red Beans was introduced to readers, she won hearts with her unique intellectual charm and refined demeanor. Later, her creative work became even more closely tied to the ancient cultural district in the western suburbs of Beijing, where she lived for decades, and to the highly cultured intellectuals there. With her profound knowledge, her deep understanding of the shared joys and sorrows of intellectuals, and her artistic pursuit of sincerity and elegance, she became an outstanding intellectual writer, particularly as a female essayist of the literary type. This book collects 64 essays, divided into three sections: A Heart's Last Request, A Melting Snowfield, and Tea Time at Feng.