Sky meteor

Author: Yuan Shuihe
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: When time revisits literature, when life settles in thought, and when the loves and hates of characters are woven into epic canvases by the author, the bitter, sweet, sour, and spicy of history are all restored to their true taste. Renowned critic Wu Bingjie, Director of the Research Department of Chinese Creative Writing, said: "That is our past, the life that has passed away. The tragic appeal of history has been transformed into the everyday writing of rural life, making it more realistic and touching our memories. Can you imagine the drums and gongs still booming in those years of famine? It walks close to the ground of history. Listening to its breath, thus came the characters and stories that once happened but now feel somewhat unfamiliar—Celestial Meteor. Renowned writer Li Peifu said: 'Did you hear the dogs barking? This is a confession from the eastern plains of Henan, a confession of an era. It is a folk painting, a local dialect, the customs, a record of love and hate, the bitterness and warmth ground out of the days. Good and evil, love and hate are scattered in days as earthy as the earth, emerging frame by frame in time.' Renowned critic He Yangyang said: 'Zhao Zhenhua and others broke free from poverty in pursuit of wealth, the blood, sweat, tears, and setbacks they endured—all made the life scenes depicted on the pages of the novel vividly real due to the vividness of the characters. This is the story of Shuanghe Town, and it is also the story of China. This magnificent 500,000-word Celestial Meteor is merely the prelude to the story of Shuanghe Town. With grand narrative to record the era for the times, the author's artistic courage is truly admirable. We have every reason to expect the release of the other two parts of the trilogy.'