Ouyang Shan's representative work: That Night

Author: Ouyang Shan
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Since the May Fourth Movement, the trend of Chinese literature has undergone rapid changes. Vernacular narrative has replaced classical lyrical poetry, and social and cultural critique as well as the reconstruction of spiritual life have transitioned from spontaneous to conscious, emerging as an enlightening new wave. However, the turning point of the era was abrupt and uneven. Many writers and works, though groundbreaking, were prematurely submerged in the depths of history due to the shifting social landscape. Their enlightening significance remains, awaiting rediscovery by later generations of readers, much like a series of silent bells of thought yearning to be struck once more. The bell tolls on, and the spirit of literature endures. This book includes two of his full-length novels, The Fruit of War and High Official Da, as well as seven short stories such as That Night (a short story collection). The work High Official Da, written after the Yan'an Literary and Art Forum, depicts the story of a supply cooperative in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region during the War of Resistance, featuring well-developed and profound characters, lively and locally colored language.