Old Things in the South of the City
by Lin Haiyin
About This Novel
This book is Lin Haiyin's classic autobiographical novel. In addition to "Old Things in the South of the City", the book also contains six other articles about his hometown Beijing - allowing the hometown Beijing to be fully presented to readers. It traces the past events in the south of Beijing in the 1920s and 1930s with deep feelings and writing. The narrative structure consists of two layers. The surface structure is beaded, with growth as a line, bringing together five stories of Xiao Yingzi's childhood experience. The deep structure is the expression and sustenance of the author's inner creative emotions. The novel uses the changes in surrounding personnel and family status to organize the plot and promote the development of the story. With the combination and complementation of the inner and outer structures, the novel is fully expressed and interpreted.
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