Qin Wenjun's Collection of Fragrant Flowers: The Gentiana Volume

Author: Qin Wenjun
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Publishing Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This collection is divided into ten volumes, each named after a flower, including "Gardenia Volume," "Larkspur Volume," "Lily Volume," "Wintersweet Volume," "Dragonroot Volume," "Lavender Volume," "Rose Volume," "Dianthus Volume," "Narcissus Volume," and "Gladiolus Volume." The selected works encompass various genres, such as full-length novels, essays, short stories, and. These ten volumes compile Qin Wenjun's classic works from recent years. Her renowned representative novels, such as "The Boy Jiali," "The Girl Jimei," "The Heart History of a Girl," "No. 3 Tian Tang Street," and "The Autobiography of Liu Ge Shu from the Age of Youth," are all included. This collection is rich in content and has a unique style, featuring flower-themed covers, floral chapter heads, floral letter paper, and personal letters written by the author to young boys and girls in each volume. It also includes prefaces filled with the fragrance of flowers written by ten prominent Chinese children's literature writers and critics. This collection, much like the characters in Qin Wenjun's works, exudes a youthful aura like flowers. The series has an elegant tone, with grand and exquisite cover designs that are both substantial and fashionable, making it highly collectible.
Qin Wenjun is one of the most important, representative, and transitional figures in Chinese children's literature since the New Period. Her artistic exploration has opened up new artistic spaces for contemporary Chinese children's literature and brought readers of all ages a fresh aesthetic pleasure. Her novels feature unique artistic structures, rich details, and a light, humorous tone. They are close to the times, readers, and reflect the realities of life and psychology of young people. She portrays the hearts of young boys and girls filled with sunshine and floral scents, as well as the awkwardness, complexity, joys, and pains of their growth. Qin Wenjun has successfully created iconic characters like "The Boy Jiali" and "The Girl Jimei," who will shine forever in the hall of fame of children's literature.
This collection is rich in content and has a unique style, featuring flower-themed covers, floral chapter heads, floral letter paper, and personal letters written by the author to young boys and girls in each volume. It also includes prefaces filled with the fragrance of flowers written by ten prominent Chinese children's literature writers and critics. This collection, much like the characters in Qin Wenjun's works, exudes a youthful aura like flowers, making it highly collectible.
This volume includes the two full-length novels that have taken the country by storm: "The Boy Jiali" and "The Little Devil Lu Zhisheng." "The Boy Jiali" was adapted into film and television works and is one of Qin Wenjun's representative works. Critics have said, "The Boy Jiali" is a rare full-length novel that has deeply resonated with primary and secondary school students in recent years. The boy Jiali and the girl Jimei are twin siblings born on the same day, attending the same school. Between them, many interesting things happen as they discuss how to view stars and singers, money, gaining their parents' attention, smoking, and early romance. The work humorously and engagingly portrays the joys, pains, and aesthetic insights of young people into life. "The Little Devil Lu Zhisheng" is a comedy about a contemporary Chinese young hero. The work is humorous and witty, offering readers aesthetic pleasure. The two young protagonists in the story are as resilient and persistent as dragonroot.