Virtual soil: The Tiger's Den, a Long Novel

Author: Liu Liangcheng
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Still a village, built on the vast, desolate ridges. A five-year-old child, always doubting whether he was truly born. Or perhaps he was born but never grew up. Everyone else grew up. Everyone lived a life that was lived for them. Dreams, like ruins, were left behind in the wilderness, done by others. Everything in Xutuzhuang was shrouded in a dreamlike, illusory hue, "Dreams lift the sky higher, making the earth even more boundless." The direction of life wased by the wind, one after another. The village on the Xutuliang often stood empty, with people gone, and where had I gone myself. The long Xutu by Liu Liangcheng is his magnum opus following A Village of One Person. Liu Liangcheng is hailed as "the last essayist of the 20th century," and the reading adventure and shock brought by Xutu have pushed Liu Liangcheng to a new realm he himself cannot replicate. Liu Liangcheng gained national fame with A Village of One Person, and his works continue to receive hot reviews online. After five years of meticulous refinement, Liu Liangcheng's first long tells another story of a "village," once again showcasing his writing charm. This is a novel entirely different from the traditional sense, with the author completely abandoning the conventional possibility of writing a novel with cultural codes, presenting instead a sensory world that intuition can reach. Xutu, a work that challenges the concept of novels, re-establishes the Chinese style and aesthetic style of novels.