Brown beauty

Author: Chen Xinhao
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: The novel narrates an industrial city named Linjiang. In recent years, with the development of the economy, the city's tax revenue, output value, and GDP have grown at an astonishing rate. However, what followed were a series of shocking events: a large-scale phenomenon of malformed fetuses among pregnant women in the city; restless livestock and murky well water in the countryside; the red canna lilies in the botanical garden turning into brown powder overnight; and students in the university campus collapsing one after another for no apparent reason. Is everything merely a coincidence? Or is it a mysterious warning from the heavens? Water and air, the very things humans rely on for survival every moment, have been corrupted in the face of human greed and desire today! What is even more terrifying is that we know it is pollution, yet we cannot identify the culprit. A veil of darkness covers everything—behind the seemingly calm rivers and clear seas, what lies beneath the surface of prosperity and celebration? And behind the glorious achievements of local officials, what immense cost in blood is hidden?