Choice

Author: Zhang Ping
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Publishing Date: 1997-01-01
Features: Renowned writer Zhang Ping said, "My works are written for the countless ordinary and common people at the grassroots level, and I will write for them forever!" Choice, is a powerful and thought-provoking work that passionately engages with the times and society! It is a monumental work that shakes the conscience and fights against corruption! This book won the National Five-One Project Award and was listed as one of the Top 10 Celebratory Novels for the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of New China. After being adapted into the film Life or Death, it caused a strong stir across the nation! Recently, it was honored with the Fifth Mao Dun Literature Prize.
After workers from the Zhongyang Textile Group Company rioted, exposing the corruption of the company's leadership, Mayor Li Gaocheng began a secret investigation. The results revealed that his former subordinate, his former superior, and even his wife were all deeply involved in the case. What should he do? Between the common people and his relatives and friends, he must make a choice.
With the courage and boldness to confront real-life struggles, the novel mercilessly criticizes corrupt officials and fearlessly exposes and denounces corrupt practices such as buying posts with money, government officials engaging in prostitution with public funds, bribery, and forming cliques. It authentically depicts the agonizing inner struggle and choices of the protagonist, Li Gaocheng, in an gripping manner. This book is one of the winning works of the annual Mao Dun Literature Prize.