Selected Excerpts of Xiao Hong's Prose – Illustrated Edition

Author: Wen Yuan, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: He will remain in the blue sky and clear waters, leaving the unfinished half of Dream of the Red Chamber for others to write. Throughout his life, he suffered constant scorn and indifference, faced death first, and was unwilling, unwilling. The disasters of his homeland, the fall of his hometown, and the hardships he encountered in life made this book imbued with a sense of sorrow and disillusionment. Xiao Hong, with landmark works such as Field of Life and Death and The Story of Hulan River, left a shining footprint in the history of modern Chinese literature. Xiao Hong lived only thirty-one years in the world, but with her passionate fire of life, she forged nearly a million vivid and elegant words rich in national spirit. Whether in novels, essays, poetry, or drama, Xiao Hong's pen always shone with the style of realism. This earned her an extremely high reputation among readers both at home and abroad. The disasters of his homeland, the fall of his hometown, and the hardships he encountered in life made this book imbued with a sense of sorrow and disillusionment.