Hunan Girl Xiao Xiao
by Shen Congwen
About This Novel
In Shen Congwen's novel world, women are the most important artistic images, and the women in western Hunan are the most successfully portrayed. The women in Xiangxi described by Shen Congwen have several different temperaments or destinies: one is the beautiful Xiangxi girl who absorbs the aura of the mountains and rivers, is intelligent, clean and simple, thus forming the "softest core" of Xiangxi described by Shen Congwen. Cuicui, who is as clear as water in "Border Town", and Yaoyao, who is smart and capable in "The Long River", both fall into this category. In this chapter, the naughty and clever San San and Jiumei, Ah Hei in "Youfang", the bold and brave childhood Song Ma in "The Story of Wild Boar Hunting", and the quiet and melancholy Yue Min in "Quiet" also fall into this category.
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