As if in a play

Author: Yan Lixiu
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Publishing Date: 2006-06-01
Features: A rugged and unassuming man, who has endured countless hardships in the journey of life and the universe. Yet, amidst a bitter and sorrowful fate, he has also encountered gentle breezes, and miraculously received the deep love of five sweet and affectionate young women, depicting a series of touching and heart-wrenching love tragedies and comedies. Life is like a play, and a play is like life. The life of Yan Lixiu, filled with dreamlike colors, is a dramatic saga full of ups and downs and poignant emotions. This book is a semi-autobiographical novel written over three years by a folk artist who had only received two years of primary education, relying on his extraordinary perseverance. It is written in a documentary style, describing the legendary life of a folk artist and reflecting the arduous journey of a folk art troupe's entrepreneurial struggles. Great men have great deeds, and small men have small destinies. He was an ordinary farmer, yet his experiences depicted the development history of New China; he was a humble folk artist who led a "mud-legged" troupe to enter the grand artistic of Shanghai; he was an unremarkable man who formed an unbreakable bond with five women. Even more remarkable is that these five red-haired confidantes were once-in-a-decade encounters: in the 1950s, he was deeply connected with Yan Yan; in the 1960s, he was torn apart from Yun Sister; in the 1970s, he eloped with Qiu'er for love; in the 1980s, he was bound to Sanmei in dreams; in the 1990s, he tied the knot with Zhang Wei in a phoenix union. Each of them gave him her true love, pouring sweat and tears into his career, and even sacrificing their youth and lives! Women and career, emotions and struggles, adversity, failure, effort, and success— he experienced a trilogy of heaven, hell, and the human world. Truly, life is like a play, and a play is like life. Great men have great deeds, and small men have small destinies. He was an ordinary farmer, yet his experiences depicted the development history of New China; he was a humble folk artist who led a "mud-legged" troupe to enter the grand artistic of Shanghai; he was an unremarkable man who formed an unbreakable bond with five women. Even more remarkable is that these five red-haired confidantes were once-in-a-decade encounters: in the 1950s, he was deeply connected with Yan Yan; in the 1960s, he was torn apart from Yun Sister; in the 1970s, he eloped with Qiu'er for love; in the 1980s, he was bound to Sanmei in dreams; in the 1990s, he tied the knot with Zhang Wei in a phoenix union. Each of them gave him her true love, pouring sweat and tears into his career, and even sacrificing their youth and lives! Women and career, emotions and struggles, adversity, failure, effort, and success— he experienced a trilogy of heaven, hell, and the human world. Truly, life is like a play, and a play is like life.