Snowing everywhere in the city

Author: Cheng Yongxin
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Cheng Yongxin is one of the few who truly understand novels. — Ma Yuan. It is my honor to write a preface for Cheng Yongxin's newly published collection of novels. Cheng Yongxin's profound understanding of novels leaves a deep impression on me. His sensitivity to the form of the novel is deeply rooted, and he truly grasps every detail and the connections between them — Yu Hua. Using the name of Milan Kundera's famous novel, Cheng Yongxin has been quietly recording the "light" and "heavy" in his life. With the passage of time, his records have become deeper and broader. In Shadow of the Wind, the suspenseful setting, the dramatic fate of the characters, and the Hitchcockian plot progression clearly convey the author's daring breakthrough in creative exploration. Libraries, lawns, goddess statues, old photographs, and half-dreamlike midnight affairs all become symbols of questioning the mysteries of life.
This is a very good novel. — Su Tong
This novella (Snow Falls Everywhere) is an accurate and rare social record. It will not fade with the passage of time; instead, the passage of time has made it clearer. The narrative of this novella showcases the author's multifaceted talent, with the structure being particularly outstanding. Mastering such a complex storyline and so many characters with ease demonstrates the author's evident narrative skill. — Ge Fei
Without Cheng Yongxin, Chinese literature after 1985 would have been a different picture. — Li E