Selected Works of Su Tong

Author: Su Tong
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Su Tong is a significant writer of the New Period literature in China. Since the 1980s, he has published a large number of long, medium, and short stories. Many of the literary trends of the New Period in China are associated with this young "old" writer. For example, avant-garde fiction, the cinematic approach to storytelling, and new historical fiction, among others. This book collects some of his representative works. His novels generally exhibit an elegant, gentle, yet melancholic and cold style, with beautiful imagery beneath it hinting at the presence of death and unsettling conspiracies. It can be seen as a sample of all of Su Tong's novels. This is the secret of Su Tong's works—a beautiful dance, like that of a witch, bringing misfortune.
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