Looking for the Unparalleled. East Palace, West Palace - (Color Illustration Edition)

Author: Wang Xiaobo
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book is about wisdom—or more precisely, about encounters with wisdom. It is my . When I finished writing it, I suddenly recalled the last few lines of Metamorphoses (Ovid): "My poem is complete. Neither the wrath of the gods nor theing of mountains can erase it!"—Wang Xiaobo
The works of Wang Xiaobo have remained popular, and his novels have created a unique beauty in the world of literature. This beauty is like a strong light that pierces through the barriers of time, inspiring the hearts of young people who are just beginning to read and write. Moreover, this phenomenon also suggests that some of Wang Xiaobo’s targets of criticism are still very much alive. To this day, these words and ideas are still needed in our society. From the enduring popularity of Wang Xiaobo, we can only conclude that the spread of liberal ideas in China still has a long way to go. The artistic beauty he in his works, along with the liberal ideas he disseminated through his critique of the real world, have secured a place in the world’s cultural and intellectual treasury. Although there is no certificate like the Nobel Prize to validate this, we believe that time itself is the testament to the value of his works.