2006 China Annual Micro-fiction

Author: Bing Feng, edited by Chen Yamei
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Features: The ventilator window was pried open, and a teenager hid under the bed, holding his "father" — Van Gogh's self-portrait. The author tells us a thought-provoking story (Liu Xinwu's "Stealing Father"); the sister who feigned madness for the sake of "my" birth, willingly died to save "me" ("Crazy Sister" by Chen Yonglin); the ugly Sichuan girl Zhao Yuqing waited for "me" for eleven years because of "my" lie, surviving on "my" "love" and tie ("Ugly Servant" by Teng Gang). The compiler carefully selected stories from publications such as Micro-fiction Selection, Micro-world, Novel World, Xinmin Evening News, and Tianchi, including several winning works from the Fourth Annual Micro-fiction Competition. The aim is to allow readers to comprehensively understand the creative achievements of Chinese micro-fiction in the current year and to fairly and objectively introduce outstanding works that are both ideologically and artistically excellent, representative, and influential. This book includes 137 micro-fiction masterpieces by 137 authors, including Liu Xinwu, Sun Fangyou, Chen Yonglin, Xie Zhiqiang, Teng Gang, Ling Dingnian, Xing Qingjie, Shen Ping, Ye Qingcheng, and others. The unique brevity and precision of micro-fiction, its ability to closely resemble life, align with the rhythm of contemporary society, capture readers' aesthetic attention in a short time, and leave a long-lasting aesthetic aftertaste—all are vividly reflected in this book.