Woman and Horse
by Xue Xijun
About This Novel
A collection of the author's short stories, including "The Woman and the Horse", which tells the story of a strong woman whose love is greater than her fate; "Behind the Clouds", which stubbornly chooses life but cannot escape from the embarrassment of reality; "Country Woman", where an ugly girl marries a man and loses her husband and raises a son on her husband's behalf; "Yellow Flowers", which depicts the life-and-death friendship of childhood sweethearts in a noisy and chaotic situation; and "Singing Again at Rest," which expresses the endurance, struggle, hard work and struggle brought about by writing. The characters in these works are mostly small people living in the cracks of society. Their stubbornness and unwillingness to admit defeat, their struggle against fate and their persistent belief in life, plainly infect readers through the sophisticated narrative style, revealing the brilliance of life in the tragic atmosphere.
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