Rain and wind, willow smoke in the lane, cold smoke

Author: Shen Jiahe
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Publishing Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Smoky Willow in Cold is the second part of his series of folk novels Wind and Rain in the Flower Lane, and also a sequel to The Bond of Fate. In his folk novels, the author, with a profound foundation in life, keen observation, and fervent empathy, portrays the vast land of China in the 1930s, which was occupied by the Japanese invaders, leaving the majority of the people as slaves in a life worse than beasts. Within this group, the most tragic and lowly were the prostitutes. In exposing this dark period of history, the author relentlessly condemns the Japanese who unleashed their animalistic nature, the traitors who sought personal gain by collaborating with the invaders, and the merchants who betrayed their own to serve the enemy, all of whom embody ugly souls.