The wind whistling and the cranes crying

Author: Lin Yutang
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: A sequel to Lin Yutang's A Moment in Peking, hailed by The New York Times as China's Gone with the Wind! War is like a great storm, sweeping millions of men, women, and children like falling leaves, scattering them and letting them rest for a while in a safe corner until another storms them into a new whirlwind. Because the storm cannot blow over every corner at once, some leaves will settle down, resting where the sun can reach them—that is, a temporary resting place. This history of China's War of Resistance and all great movements is etched in the minds and hearts of this generation. Fifty or a hundred years later, when people chat in teahouses or talk with grandmothers, they will surely pass down the stories of thousands of drifting, fragile threads. Every leaf in the wind has a soul, emotions, desires, and dreams, and each is equally important. Our task here is to trace the impact of war on a woman, one of the millions of drifting leaves. The protagonist of The Sound of the Wind is Danni, a character in the style of Scarlett O'Hara from Gone with the Wind. Like her, she is unrestrained, spirited, and has endured the hardships of war, remaining unyielding. In times of chaos, true affection is revealed. Danni and Bo Ya's love during the war era is deeply moving.