The Mystery of Lao She - The Mystery of the Master

Author: Jiang Ni
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Why do students at Oxford University studying Chinese choose only Lao She's My Whole Life as their textbook? Why is it said that a seemingly unconnected wealthy uncle contributed to Lao She's success? Lao She and the daughter of this wealthy uncle fell deeply in love but ultimately could not be together. How did the young lady become the prototype for Lao She's novel? Why does the author of this book list Lao She's My Whole Life, his other short story The Moonlight Shadow, Shen Congwen's Border Town, and Eileen Chang's The Golden Lock, as four of the greatest Chinese short stories in history? Did Lao She commit suicide? But why was there no water in his stomach after his death? In 1979, Norwegian sinologist Elizabeth Edmondson came to China and told Xiao Gan and his wife that that year, the Nobel Prize in Literature had already been decided to be awarded to the Chinese writer Lao She, but it was later found that he had indeed died in August, and according to the rules, the Nobel Prize in Literature is only awarded to living individuals, so it was given to someone else instead. "That year" refers to which year? … … Follow the master to read the master, and together decode the mysteries of the master! Why do students at Oxford University studying Chinese choose only Lao She's My Whole Life as their textbook? Did he really commit suicide? And why was there no water in his stomach after his death? Was the Nobel Prize in Literature of "that year" decided to be awarded to him? And why was it not awarded? What year does the so-called "that year" refer to? This book is authorized by Shu Yi and includes a large number of Lao She's pre-deceased photographs, some of which are revealed to the public for the first time. This book will guide you to follow the master to read the master and solve one mystery after another in Lao She's life. Tracing back through time, this book details the life of Mr. Lao She, placing the master on the same level as ordinary people to interpret and explain, solving the mysteries in a way that tells the readers about Mr. Lao She's full and winding legendary life, tracing the roots.