2006 China's Best Prose

Author: Wang Bisheng, Pan Kexiong
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The Sunbird Literary Annual Series published by Liaoning People's Publishing House has been continuously released for nine years since 1998, having undergone the test of the book market and earning widespread recognition and praise from readers. As the best literary series for annual reviews, it will still be edited by the renowned scholar Wang Meng, with the strong support of several literary masters and the careful selection of authoritative editors, striving to create the best selection of 2006 by Liaoning people. This year's selection continues to uphold our consistent advocacy of pure literature, compiling the best works in the most popular literary genres into the following six volumes: China's Best Middle-Length Fiction; China's Best Short Stories; China's Best Essays; China's Best Prose; China's Best Essays; and China's Best Poetry. The editorial committee of this series and the selectors of each sub-volume are all outstanding scholars and experts in the field of literature. They have lived up to the readers' expectations by carefully reading and selecting original works published from January to December 2006, aiming to present the best works to readers in a complete, objective, and fair manner. The preface at the beginning of each volume, whether as a research-worthy review and summary of the year's literature or as a reading guide for readers, has done a meaningful thing for Chinese literature and its many enthusiasts in 2006. This book is the Prose volume. The Sunbird Literary Annual Series by Liaoning People's Publishing House has been archiving contemporary literature for nine years. This series focuses on the masterpieces of pure literature, with its unique folk perspective, combing and organizing the annual literary gems. To this day, it has gone through nine years and has proudly listed over 50 selections preserving the fragrance of literary years. It adheres to the front line of pure literature, insists on the folk perspective of selection, sorts through and collects year by year, forming its own style, and firmly occupies the position of literary annual selections. This selection, based on traditional reading, has opened up a diverse living space for literature, following a popular and mass reading route. It is more about participating in it rather than approaching reality with an objective examination or an arrogant attitude, focusing on life and getting close to the reading psychology of the masses. Therefore, this selection is not strange, not eccentric, not abstract, and not snobbish. Simple, approachable, life-like, and on-site are its characteristics.