Four--Liu Xinwu Best Collection (Volume 2)

Author: Liu Xinwu
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This volume includes "Four," a long that won the Shanghai Excellence Novel Award, the novella "Wooden Stone Ring," and the influential reportage "5·19 Long Lens." Liu Xinwu considers "Four" his best novel, carving the author's youth and tears. Critics have long pointed out that "Four" is imbued with the essence of "Dream of the Red Chamber" and represents a valuable literary experiment. The "Four" is both a symbol and a place that shook the soul of a young boy. The feelings and impact remain vivid, with wonder, joy, mystery, and a desire to explore surging intensely in the soul. "Finally, I have written a book as thick as the one I used to write. In this world, you know that your book has once stood tall like the 'Four,' but it is inevitable that one day it will be dismantled. However, the imprint on the soul is eternal." The novel is, in a sense, the author's spiritual chronicle. After being ground by the millstone of time and weathered by the storms of life, the awakening of conscience flows from the depths of the soul, reappearing in the quiet of the night, revealing the beauty within the enigma.