Misty Valley

Author: Su Wei (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2006-03-09
Features: Mountains and forests, typhoons and floods, cattle herds, mythical creatures, passion, taboos. Against such a wild backdrop, the Cultural Revolution became a distant, absurd silhouette. The book touches upon unique themes such as humans and nature, passion and society, chance and necessity (fate), order and disorder. Writing about the Cultural Revolution is not "Cultural Revolution fiction," nor is writing about the educated youth "educated youth literature." Describing the "wilderness" or "ancient times" is not nostalgia or "root-seeking," and depicting the struggles of passion differs greatly from today's popular "erotic literature." It is not "political romance" yet reflects social and political allegories everywhere. Within a realistic framework, it is filled with surreal and even anti-realistic colors throughout; it features the exotic charm of a tropical rainforest while permeating it with thought-provoking philosophical insights. It is a rare masterpiece that shakes the contemporary literary world.