Bell and Drum Tower
by Liu Xinwu
About This Novel
The author Liu Xinwu's first novel, for which he won the second Mao Dun Literature Award. The novel tells a story that happened in the Bell and Drum Tower area of Beijing in the early 1980s. It shows extremely colorful scenes, tells the joys and sorrows of the city, and the fate of several generations. Traveling through the smoke and dust of the years, and looking at the moving world scenes in Liu Xinwu's works, it is like a vivid ukiyo-e that opens up the memory of the city... It can be called a modern "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" with a strong Beijing flavor.
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Official(3)Scraped 15d ago
In the novel, the author does not focus on describing each character. The novel depicts more of a portrait of a group of characters, showing us the busy lives of ordinary people.
The author connects the characters in the alley and the people related to them, showing us the rich life scenes of each class, as well as their respective joys and sorrows.
The author tells us the story that happened in the Bell and Drum Towers of Beijing in the early 1980s in the third person. The author uses the marriage of the second son of Mrs. Xue's family as a clue.
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Official(3)Scraped 15d ago
In the novel, the author does not focus on describing each character. The novel depicts more of a portrait of a group of characters, showing us the busy lives of ordinary people.
The author connects the characters in the alley and the people related to them, showing us the rich life scenes of each class, as well as their respective joys and sorrows.
The author tells us the story that happened in the Bell and Drum Towers of Beijing in the early 1980s in the third person. The author uses the marriage of the second son of Mrs. Xue's family as a clue.
