Midnight (2MP3-CD)

Author: Hongda Yitai Culture Development Co., Ltd.
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Publish Date: 1901-01-01
Features: Listen! The best-selling audiobook from Europe and America has landed in China! A classic masterpiece, a must-read for college students in humanities. The first social analysis novel in the history of modern Chinese literature, ranked as one of the "Top 10 Classics of Modern Chinese Literature" by Asia Week. "Ziye" means midnight, meaning it's already midnight, and dawn is not far away. Ziye is the representative long novel of Mao Dun's works, and its appearance made 1933 an unforgettable year forever. The protagonist, Wu Sufen, was a prominent figure in Shanghai in 1930. Having traveled to Europe and America, he tried to develop China's national industry to save the country through business. However, due to the malicious dumping of foreign goods in China, many small factories he painstakingly acquired became his inescapable "wet shirts." Meanwhile, the peasants' uprising in his hometown and his bond speculation business, which he repeatedly failed to win against the comprador Zhao Botao, left him surrounded by enemies. In this situation, the ambitious and arrogant Wu Sufen exhausted all his efforts and struggled desperately. With tight funds, he could not deduct workers' wages, ultimately leading to a labor strike. In the end, he had no choice but to bet everything, mortgaging all his assets to fight it out in the bond market. Ziye shook the Chinese literary world upon its publication and was once praised by Qu Qiubai as the first successful realist long novel in China. Even today, the charm of Ziye remains timeless. Many of Mao Dun's works have been translated into foreign languages, with Ziye being the one translated into the most languages. Ziye has long been selected for middle school Chinese textbooks, serving as a model for young people to learn from. Ziye has also been adapted into a film, creating a strong response. The narrator of the audiobook Ziye by Jiajia Audiobook Library is a senior radio announcer with a deep and passionate voice. His profound and passionate narration vividly portrays the epic scale, heroic spirit, and grand three-dimensional structure of Ziye, combined with highly tensioned background music that is bold, delicate, and deeply evocative. Together with the atmosphere of the original novel, it creates a rich auditory world, artfully recreating the turmoil of the Second Revolutionary War and outlining the vibrant social landscape of China ablaze with sparks.