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This book provides an in-depth interpretation of Yu Hua's controversial magical realism masterpiece "The Seventh Day" and unlocks the narrative code and spiritual core of this work. Using the protagonist Yang Fei's soul journey seven days after his death as a clue, we analyze the narrative innovation of the "perspective of the undead" and the metaphorical meaning of the "seven-day frame", and interpret the tragedies of the fate of core characters such as Yang Fei, Yang Jinbiao, Li Qing, and Shu Mei. The book focuses on the novel's sharp reflection of social realities such as violent demolitions and the polarization of rich and poor, and explores the literary reconstruction and recording value of the times behind the "news skewering". At the same time, it deeply explains the utopian metaphor of "no place for death", analyzes the pursuit of equality, dignity and humanity under the inverted structure of life and death, clarifies the breakthrough of humanistic care and narrative style that the work continues from "Alive", responds to the literary controversy it caused, and allows readers to penetrate the absurd appearance and touch the suffering and tender undertones deep in the work.
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