Migu

Author: Su Wei
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Mountains and forests, typhoons and floods, herds of cattle, mythical creatures, passion, taboos. Under such a wild backdrop, the Cultural Revolution became a distant and absurd shadow. The book touches upon unique topics such as humans and nature, passion and society, chance and necessity (fate), order and disorder. It depicts the Cultural Revolution without being a "Cultural Revolution novel," portrays the educated youth without falling into "educated youth literature"; it writes about the "wilderness" and "ancient times" yet is not nostalgia or "root-seeking," and its portrayal of passion struggles differs greatly from today's popular "erotic literature." It is not a "political romance" yet reflects social and political implications everywhere. Within a realistic framework, it is filled with surreal and even anti-realistic colors throughout; it has the exotic charm of a tropical rainforest while permeating it with thought-provoking philosophical insights. It is a rare masterpiece that shakes the contemporary literary scene.