Sleeping flowers

Author: Agula Tai, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: In the literary world, I began with poetry, holding an endless affection for it. However, almost at the same time, I developed a great interest in the genre of prose. The brushstrokes of prose are so vast, its portrayal of life and expression of the soul so boundless yet intricately profound. Over two decades, I have read a vast amount of prose, continuously experimenting with writing it, while also accumulating a considerable number of excellent literary works. This is the origin of this book. The China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Press and I coincidentally agreed on compiling a collection of prose masterpieces spanning two decades. Throughout the entire selection process, the publisher granted the compiler considerable freedom in determining the structure and style. Will twenty years of memories be buried in dust? Will the flowers of those years wither? The sun is still there, the morning dew is still there, and the fragrance is still there. Red, yellow, blue—tiny flowers lift their heads to gaze at the sky, then bow to look at the earth, aimless, hazy, asleep... This book includes essays such as "In Memory of Zhenduo and Zhongyuan," "The Yellowing of Time," "People with Bright Spirits," "Me and the Earth Temple," "Wind Blowing Through the Cold," and "The Silk Moth Enveloped by Its Own Silk."