Border Town (Selected Illustrations Edition)

Author: Shen Congwen
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Border Town is a representative work of Shen Congwen's novels. Set in the small town of Chaodu on the border of Sichuan and Hunan in the 1930s, it employs a pastoral style to depict the unique customs and traditions of the Xiangxi border region. Through the love tragedy of the boat girl Cuicui, it highlights the beauty of human nature and the purity of the soul, creating a poetic atmosphere between the dreams and realities of life. The pure girl reflects in the Yuan River, her hands holding the clear stream, her body leaning against the suspended bridge house; a gentle breeze brushes past the ancient trees, and she looks up, gazing at the dragon boat—every scene fills one with longing and endless reverie. Border Town is a representative work of Shen Congwen's novels. Set in the small town of Chaodu on the border of Sichuan and Hunan in the 1930s, it employs a pastoral style to depict the unique customs and traditions of the Xiangxi border region; through the love tragedy of the boat girl Cuicui, it highlights the beauty of human nature and the purity of the soul; thus, it creates a poetic atmosphere between the dreams and realities of life. The pure girl reflects in the Yuan River, her hands holding the clear stream, her body leaning against the suspended bridge house; a gentle breeze brushes past the ancient trees, and she looks up, gazing at the dragon boat—every scene fills one with longing and endless reverie.