Rose Gate

Author: Tie Ning
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Tie Ning's three-volume long (novels), titled "Rose Gate," "City Without Rain," and "The Bathing Girls"; two-volume middle (novels), titled "How Far Is Eternity" and "Cliff Over the Afternoon"; two-volume short (novels), titled "Guests Are Coming" and "Chocolate (imprint)"; two-volume essays, titled "Walking Dreams" and "Beautiful and Clear as Paper-Cuttings." Readers familiar with the author's works might notice that the long "City Without Rain" was published in 1994, but it was excluded from the collection edited in 1996. The reason was likely that it was deemed insufficiently substantial at the time! Even its immense popularity made the author uneasy, leading to doubts about the artistic quality of the work. Ten years later, the author included it in this series of works, as he clearly realized that the writing of "City Without Rain" had honed his ability to structure long novels, and later works like "The Bathing Girls" and "Foolish Flower" benefited from this structural training to some extent. When a writer reflects on the stages of their work, they should not overlook the significance of writing that serves as a connection and foundation.