Forget Me
by Xu Feng
About This Novel
Whoever saves one person saves the whole world. Qian Xiuling, a woman from a prominent Jiangnan family, saved the lives of 110 Belgian hostages from Nazi gunpoint during World War II. She was known as the "Chinese Schindler" and the King of Belgium awarded her the "National Hero" medal. Why did she come from a well-known family to study in Europe? Why did she live in seclusion in a village to practice medicine and save people after graduating with double doctorates from the University of Leuven? How did the Qian brothers team up with the German generals to compose a heroic feat that amazed the world? When honors came pouring in, why was her last word to the world "forget me"? The famous writer Xu Feng spent 16 years pursuing this dusty past. He traveled to Belgium and Taiwan to interview the descendants and old friends of the parties involved and the only surviving hostage. He exclusively obtained a large number of unknown details of the story, rescued and excavated precious historical materials that had been lost to time, and returned to the historical scene with a non-fictional style of writing to restore the twists and turns of an era and the Chinese spirit behind the legendary life of a woman.
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