Ancient Street · First Lao She Literature Prize Winning Works

Author: Liu Yuxin
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: A well-written novel is one that conveys lessons through stories. By this standard, many novels today are poor—they don’t teach but rather drag people down. Liu Yuxin’s novels have a sense of right and wrong. A manager in the antique business has written such a great novel, which is a miracle, and I admire it. The characters in his novels are well-crafted, the plot is intricate, straightforward, and smooth.
—Renowned scholar and writer Zhang Zhongxing
Ancient Street is a rare and excellent work in recent years that portrays the lives of Beijing’s citizens and folk customs.
—Renowned writer Deng Youmei
Ancient Street is first and foremost a delightful novel that’s hard to put down. The author excels at storytelling, with each plot twist intricately connected and suspenseful. Not only is it full of wit, but it also enriches readers with a wealth of knowledge about cultural relics. The novel, set in the culturally rich Liulichang, writes about the vicissitudes of history, the depth of culture, the mysteries of collecting, and the dignity and hierarchy of character. To say it offers a clever and unique perspective on Chinese culture and the spirit of the nation is not an exaggeration.
—Renowned writer and literary critic
With the fall of the Qing Dynasty, countless precious cultural relics flowed into the hands of the people, leading to a in the cultural relics market. This book takes the renowned Liulichang as its stage, portraying a cast of colorful antique dealers and weaving a series of shocking and extraordinary stories, introducing rich knowledge about cultural relics. The work vividly reveals the brutality of history, the richness of culture, and the complexity of human nature. The novel is somber, refined, and grand in scope.