Spiritual Journey: Jia Pingwa's Jia Pingwa's Jia Pingwa

Author: Xu Aizhu
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Publish Date: 2007-01-19
Features: In his more than three decades of literary career, Jia Pingwa has published over ten million words of literary works and critical essays. He attempts to profoundly depict the conflict between cultural tradition and modern civilization through the of rural China—Shangzhou—stories, writing about the pain and loss in the modernization process of China's vast rural society. In his works, he portrays traditional civilization as fragmented and dualistic, showing how the vast number of farmers living in rural society participate in and express this duality, thereby writing out a Chinese characteristic and Chinese style. Compared to other writers who also write about rural themes, Jia Pingwa's innovative awareness in the genre of fiction is outstanding, and his expressive language has a unique spiritual taste that no one can replace. Meanwhile, compared to the young generation of new humanist writers, Jia Pingwa's long journey through time and history leaves them far behind. This book introduces and analyzes the formation of Jia Pingwa's personality and his growth experiences, with a sharp gaze to see the profound connotations hidden behind his works.