The Story of Hulan River (originally Restored in 1940)
by Xiao Hong
About This Novel
This book contains Xiao Hong's most important masterpiece "The Story of Hulan River" and two short stories "Back Garden" and "March in the Small Town". On the banks of the Hulan River lies Xiao Hong's purest childhood happiness and the grandest and most desolate perception of life. After many years of wandering, she looked back on her childhood at the end of her life and wrote "The Story of Hulan River", a "memory" novel full of childlike innocence, poetry and inspiration. Life in the small town of Hulan River may be a bit dull, but Xiao Hong uses painterly language to "present bold, red and green primitive colors in front of the gray background of daily life", outlining scenes full of childlike images. The short story "Back Garden" is the most exquisite among all Xiao Hong's works. Along with the bustle of flowers and plants in the garden, he casually talked about the lonely farmhand Feng Erchengzi and his gloomy and dull life. Xiao Hong blends her deep sense of historical tragedy into her light narrative.
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Official(48)Scraped 16d ago
good
Study hard and make progress every day
Very good, worthy of being recommended by Mr. Lu Xun and Mr. Contradiction
The first page says there is insufficient balance. It's funny.
The author has gone through many ups and downs in her life, but her writing is very soft and beautiful. When she was a teenager, although she was in the upper class, she was full of sympathy for the common people at the bottom. At the same time, she hated the feudal superstition and the feudal system's trampling of women. She described that era, regardless of the poor people. The fate of women from rich families is very tragic. The distortion of human nature and the loss of morals are similar to Lu Xun's cannibalism. I sympathize with her, admire her, and even want to praise her. I hope this beautiful writer who died young can live the life he wants in heaven.
It's beautiful, it's really beautiful.
He writes about ordinary life and also writes about great life. Everyone is so vivid and everything is so profound.
This is what Xiao Hong is like. It seems like she is understating something, but in fact, she expresses it in an understatement that can only be achieved by using thick ink and heavy colors, so that the effect produced by ordinary people's thick ink and heavy colors will only be imitated.
The plain narrative, the ordinary world and the ordinary characters reveal endless sadness. Especially the part about reuniting the daughter-in-law makes people breathless after reading it. The charm of Xiao Hong's works lies in using the most ordinary and simple descriptions to penetrate people's hearts and make people think deeply.
Your life is desolate, confused, and regretful. No matter what, you are still Xiao Hong!
The sky is full of stars, the house is full of moon, what is life like, why is it so sad.
Rating
Community(0)
Official(48)Scraped 16d ago
good
Study hard and make progress every day
Very good, worthy of being recommended by Mr. Lu Xun and Mr. Contradiction
The first page says there is insufficient balance. It's funny.
The author has gone through many ups and downs in her life, but her writing is very soft and beautiful. When she was a teenager, although she was in the upper class, she was full of sympathy for the common people at the bottom. At the same time, she hated the feudal superstition and the feudal system's trampling of women. She described that era, regardless of the poor people. The fate of women from rich families is very tragic. The distortion of human nature and the loss of morals are similar to Lu Xun's cannibalism. I sympathize with her, admire her, and even want to praise her. I hope this beautiful writer who died young can live the life he wants in heaven.
It's beautiful, it's really beautiful.
He writes about ordinary life and also writes about great life. Everyone is so vivid and everything is so profound.
This is what Xiao Hong is like. It seems like she is understating something, but in fact, she expresses it in an understatement that can only be achieved by using thick ink and heavy colors, so that the effect produced by ordinary people's thick ink and heavy colors will only be imitated.
The plain narrative, the ordinary world and the ordinary characters reveal endless sadness. Especially the part about reuniting the daughter-in-law makes people breathless after reading it. The charm of Xiao Hong's works lies in using the most ordinary and simple descriptions to penetrate people's hearts and make people think deeply.
Your life is desolate, confused, and regretful. No matter what, you are still Xiao Hong!
The sky is full of stars, the house is full of moon, what is life like, why is it so sad.
