Selected Works of Chen Zhongshi - 60 Literary Masters of the Century

Author: Chen Zhongshi
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: The 20th century was an extraordinary one. The social life of the 20th century was turbulent and underwent profound changes, while the Chinese-language literature of the 20th century was also vast and dynamic. Through its own dramatic evolution, it wrote a brilliant page in the five-thousand-year glory of the Chinese nation. Presented in the form of renowned writers collaborating with celebrated works, this book reviews and showcases the abundant achievements and significant progress of 20th-century Chinese literature. This book is part of the "60 Outstanding Writers of the Century" series, where the selected writers have their representative works included in "Selected Works" format. In addition to the works, expert scholars have written research-oriented prefaces, and bibliographies of the writers' creative works have been compiled. The purpose is to provide readers with necessary guidance and additional information to understand the writers' works, their creative characteristics, and their positions in literary history. He—this 56-year-old man with a weathered face marked by and a pair of bright, spirited eyes—is contemporary writer Chen Zhongshi, a writer who has accumulated strength over time and achieved fame. In 1993, he rose to prominence with his novel White Deer Plain, which blends family and national history. With its profound historical sense and complex character portrayals, the work stands out among its peers, becoming one of the rare masterpieces of contemporary literature. This child, born in 1942 in Xijiaping Village, which is nestled against the White Deer Plain and faces the Ba River to the north, once walked barefoot from this small village of less than a hundred households, bleeding from his heels, to the Ba Bridge and then to Xi'an. Today, he stands tall, heading to Beijing, to the world, and reaching the pinnacle of the hall of contemporary Chinese literature.