Four: Liu Xinwu's Best Collection (Volume 2)

Author: Liu Xinwu
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This volume includes the Shanghai Excellent Novel Award-winning Four, the novella Wooden Ring, and the influential reportage Long Lens on May 19th. Liu Xinwu considers Four his best novel, etching in it his youth and tears. The critics have long pointed out that Four is imbued with the essence of Dream of the Red Chamber and represents a valuable literary experiment. The Four is both a symbol and a place that shook the soul of a young boy. The feelings and impacts remain vivid, with wonder, joy, mystery, and a desire for exploration surging in the soul. "Finally, I have written a book as thick as all the ones I wrote before. In this world, you realize that your book has once stood tall like the Four, but it is bound to be dismantled one day. Yet the imprint on the soul is eternal." In a sense, the novel is also the author's spiritual chronicle. After being ground by the millstone of time and weathered by the storms of life, the awakening of conscience flows from the depths of the soul, revealing the beauty amidst the enigma in the stillness of the night.