Bell and Drum Towers

Author: Liu Xinwu
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This volume includes The Bell Tower and Drum Tower, As You Wish, and the landmark work of Chinese literature in the New Period, The Head Teacher. The Bell Tower and Drum Tower is the author's first full-length novel, and for it, she won the Second Mao Dun Literature Prize. The novel tells the story of the area around the Bell Tower and Drum Tower in Beijing in the early 1980s, showcasing a rich and diverse social scene, narrating the joys and sorrows of the streets, and the destinies of several generations. Looking back at the moving world depicted by Liu Xinwu through the lens of time, it feels like flipping through a vibrant and lively scroll of urban memory—truly a modern River Scene at Qingming Festival brimming with a strong Beijing flavor. In the enchanting old Beijing, where customs and ideas were undergoing profound changes, the Bell Tower stood before the red walls and gray tiles, constantly welcoming a moment, a day, a month, a year, and the next generation, forever serving as a witness to social history and personal destinies. The vitality of The Bell Tower and Drum Tower will only become more pronounced with the passage of time, reminding us once again of that era filled with aspirations.