Human Plants and Animals: 41 Essays on Plants, Insects, and Fish by Wang Zengqi

Author: Wang Zengqi
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: In the contemporary literary world, there are few who excel equally in both fiction and prose while also establishing their own unique style—Wang Zengqi is one of them. Wang Zengqi is widely recognized as a master of literary forms, capable of writing excellent novels as well as elegant prose. Wang's prose can be considered true scholar's prose, free from vague, preachy moral lessons and rarely dealing with grand themes. What flows between the lines are the refined interests and passions of a scholar, permeating the work with an intellectual ambiance. If reading Wang's novels brings us a sense of poetry, reading his prose offers us leisurely pleasure. This book is a selection of Wang Zengqi's extensive prose works, with the earliest dating back to the 1940s and most written in his later years. The style transitions from ornate to simple, and the technique reaches perfection.