The Gorge River Flows West
by Chen Nianxi
About This Novel
Hometown is everyone's retreat. Miner poet Chen Nienxi's new collection of essays talks about his hometown and explores the roots of literature! This book is a sincere collection of the works of Chen Nianxi's literary column "Xiahe Flows to the West" in "Southern Weekend". He is an Odyssey in the mines and a wanderer of words. His nearly twenty years of wandering have ended with great joy. His body is stained with fine dust and he returns to his hometown to search. An in-depth dialogue with clouds, soil, mountains and forests, and memories of time, condensed into 27 masterpieces about the hometown. Where does the Xiahe River come from and where does it go? The answers given by the people of Xiahe River are in the book, and they are all in the rhyme of the times. In the artist's field, he specially painted 30 pen and ink paintings, embellishing the people, things and things in the Xiahe River. "People do two things throughout their lives, leaving home and returning home, which takes a lot of effort and even narrow escapes. In fact, it is not two things, it is one thing, because leaving home is also returning home, but in a different direction or way. Hometown is an important part of destiny. I would like to dedicate this book to my hometown that has disappeared, and to the people who are rushing and scattered in the dust. In the era when our hometown disappears, I hope we all have a hometown!"
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In the dust of the world - Comment on "The Gorge River Flows to the West"
Ordinary stories of ordinary people, about hometown, relatives and friends, and the past, will have brief reflections and long-lasting lingering notes. In this collection of essays, I saw a lot of things that have disappeared, belonging to the countryside and the past, such as some occupations, bricklayers, carpenters, mat makers; such as some old things, raising and killing pigs, raising and herding cattle, which are rare even in rural areas now. When reading this book, I sometimes think of Li Juan's "Winter Pasture", which also records some things that may or are about to disappear. It is not sad to be eliminated, that is the choice of the times, but I feel very happy to see that those things can be recorded and passed on on paper or online so that people who have never met can see them.
This is teacher Chen Nianxi's in-depth exploration of his hometown feelings and the roots of literature.
The e-book of author Chen Nianxi's collection of essays "Xiahe Flows to the West" is now online! There are millions of ways away from home, but only one way home. The water of the gorge river flows westward. When I was young, I wanted to go out and make a living, but after all, it could not withstand the passage of time and the fallen leaves returning to their roots.
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In the dust of the world - Comment on "The Gorge River Flows to the West"
Ordinary stories of ordinary people, about hometown, relatives and friends, and the past, will have brief reflections and long-lasting lingering notes. In this collection of essays, I saw a lot of things that have disappeared, belonging to the countryside and the past, such as some occupations, bricklayers, carpenters, mat makers; such as some old things, raising and killing pigs, raising and herding cattle, which are rare even in rural areas now. When reading this book, I sometimes think of Li Juan's "Winter Pasture", which also records some things that may or are about to disappear. It is not sad to be eliminated, that is the choice of the times, but I feel very happy to see that those things can be recorded and passed on on paper or online so that people who have never met can see them.
This is teacher Chen Nianxi's in-depth exploration of his hometown feelings and the roots of literature.
The e-book of author Chen Nianxi's collection of essays "Xiahe Flows to the West" is now online! There are millions of ways away from home, but only one way home. The water of the gorge river flows westward. When I was young, I wanted to go out and make a living, but after all, it could not withstand the passage of time and the fallen leaves returning to their roots.
