Yan - China's first long suspense novel for middle school students

Author: Li Yudong
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Suspense literature in China during the ten-year "Cultural Revolution" can be considered the "prelude to the eastward advance." It gave rise to a series of memorable works, such as A Needlework Slipper, the Plum Party series, Lin Qiang Across the Taiwan Strait, Ye Fei's Three Trips to the South of the Yangtze, Pink Feet, The Secret of the Crematorium, The Green Corpse, The Mystery of the Golden Triangle, A Lock of Buff Hair, The Yin-Yang Bronze Corpse, The Secret of the Attic, and The 13th (House of Horrors). It is fair to say that under political pressure and the harsh winter, these works, like a small stream flowing underground, stubbornly surged forward, forming a unique cultural phenomenon of "Cultural Revolution" samizdat. In the snow-covered yurts of Mongolia, by the blazing bonfires of the Northeast Reclamation Area, in the caves of the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi, and amidst the boundless green curtains of Shanxi, these magical stories drifted like ghosts in the air, releasing the desolate souls of many, refreshing the weary bodies of many, and saving the fragile spirits of many. In the dark "Cultural Revolution," there was still immortal literature—and this literature was at its core suspense literature. Mystery, China's first suspense novel for middle school students. This is another masterpiece by Li Yudong, a 17-year-old writer from Shanxi, following his first detective novel, Night Case, completed in the sixth grade of elementary school. The book has a certain novelty in its creation. It breaks the traditional writing model of detective novels, which focus solely on the case, devoting much attention to how the case evolves and how the investigation methods are clever and modern, making it difficult to see deeper issues through the cracks. Additionally, it breaks through the original writing constraints, boldly drawing on some Western writing techniques, innovating for itself, and focusing on human nature. The plot is ingenious, the characters vivid, and especially the layered suspense and rising climaxes of the story, which guide readers to experience the pleasure of reading.