Lu Yin -- Works Selection

Author: Lu Yin
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: An Exquisite Collection of Works by Modern Chinese Writers. This book includes Lu Yin's representative essays and novels. Among them, the essays "Reminiscences Under the Moon" and "Under the Leifeng Pagoda" are considered "better than her novels," while "The Thorn of the Rose" is described as "delicate and lovely" (a contradiction). The novel "Old Friends by the Sea" portrays the sincere love and its destruction of women, as well as their persistent pursuit of independent personalities. "The Ivory Ring" is the pinnacle of Lu Yin's creative achievement. The novel, modeled after her close friend and renowned female writer Shi Pingmei, tells a true and touching story with a mournful and graceful touch, making it a masterpiece of love novels.