Fading Post Station

Author: Zhang Yigong
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Through the experiences and perspective of a child, the author narrates a series of stories about three families during the turbulent era of war, depicting the social changes in China over the past century. The book vividly portrays figures such as a Qing Dynasty scholar, an enlightened gentry member, a guerrilla commander, and a professional revolutionary. If Lin Haiyin's Old Town Story is a poem seen through the eyes of a girl, then The Far-Off Post is a song sung through the eyes of a boy. The former is soft, soft enough to reveal a faint nostalgia; the latter, amidst that nostalgia, exudes a unique stern and desolate beauty. The book has won various awards, including the National Five-One Project Award and the National Book Award. My memory is a miracle. I can clearly remember how my father married my mother. Regardless of how unreasonable and astonished others were, I still remember, at that time, I squeezed into the crowd at the entrance of the alley, as if riding on the big head of a stone lion.