Distant Sunflower Field
by Li Juan
About This Novel
This book is the latest collection of words written by Li Juan in the past two years and published in the "Distant Sunflower Field" column of the Pen Club of Wenhui Po. The "Sunflower Field" is located on the south bank of the Ulungu River in the Altay Gobi Grassland. It is a barren land contracted by Li Juan's mother many years ago. Li Juan, as always, uses her delicate and bright writing style to record the people who work here and their simple and different life details: her hard-working and optimistic mother, her elderly and sick grandmother, the big dog, the ugly dog, the small dog, the tiger, the chickens, ducks and geese, and the growing number of people. Huasheng was destroyed by goose-throated antelopes and replanted again. The ninety acres of sunflower land that was planted and destroyed again... Depicts not only the tenacity and hard work of the mother and the border people, but also their inner aspirations and persistence. It also expresses their concerns about the environment and their doubts about survival. It presents an existential experience that is completely exposed to the fragility of nature, but at the same time full of fun and dignity.
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Sincerity, humor, frankness, free and easy, warmth
Behind the refreshing and beautiful words is the author's day-to-day observation and realization that farming is not a simple matter, it is a systematic project. The author is involved in it and is also a member of the engineers. He turns daily life into written narratives, including trivial daily life. Often, there are stormy waves, in which people are tempered, beaten, endured, and lonely... The author narrates all these and records them honestly, so that readers thousands of miles away can feel as if they are listening to a story told by a close friend, falling asleep as he talks. Now that the story is over, I woke up from the dream.
Teacher Li Juan's style is always so sincere. What you see is what you get.
Teacher Li Juan's style is always so sincere. What you see is what you get.
A very relaxing book. It feels like you are in a sunflower field in a remote area of Xinjiang.
This book is pure and true. Many times, it made people laugh while reading it, and make people cry while reading it. The depth of the earth and the hard work of countless people sing the passion, tenacity, endurance and detachment of this most ordinary and extraordinary sunflower-like life.
The distant sunflower field has also become the sunflower field I dreamed of
An excellent book, worth reading
Reading is a blast, sometimes profound, sometimes joyful, sometimes uproarious. The author uses delicate brushstrokes to describe past life and various feelings, making people immersed in the situation and feel the same. I like my mother's open-mindedness, optimism and tenacity, and I like Chou Chou, Sai Hu and the follower cat.
A very thoughtful piece of writing. The author takes the reader's heart into the heart, as pure as a clear spring, as clear and distant as the Ulungu River, and quiet! [Emot=default,01/]
"Distant Sunflower" is indeed a film about memories. Every bit of the past is still vivid in my mind. Maybe writing is to record life, record the people around you, record the stories around you, record the scenery, and tell these beautiful stories and scenery to people outside the mountains. Thank you for sharing! [Emot=default,64/]
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Official(20)Scraped 29d ago
Sincerity, humor, frankness, free and easy, warmth
Behind the refreshing and beautiful words is the author's day-to-day observation and realization that farming is not a simple matter, it is a systematic project. The author is involved in it and is also a member of the engineers. He turns daily life into written narratives, including trivial daily life. Often, there are stormy waves, in which people are tempered, beaten, endured, and lonely... The author narrates all these and records them honestly, so that readers thousands of miles away can feel as if they are listening to a story told by a close friend, falling asleep as he talks. Now that the story is over, I woke up from the dream.
Teacher Li Juan's style is always so sincere. What you see is what you get.
Teacher Li Juan's style is always so sincere. What you see is what you get.
A very relaxing book. It feels like you are in a sunflower field in a remote area of Xinjiang.
This book is pure and true. Many times, it made people laugh while reading it, and make people cry while reading it. The depth of the earth and the hard work of countless people sing the passion, tenacity, endurance and detachment of this most ordinary and extraordinary sunflower-like life.
The distant sunflower field has also become the sunflower field I dreamed of
An excellent book, worth reading
Reading is a blast, sometimes profound, sometimes joyful, sometimes uproarious. The author uses delicate brushstrokes to describe past life and various feelings, making people immersed in the situation and feel the same. I like my mother's open-mindedness, optimism and tenacity, and I like Chou Chou, Sai Hu and the follower cat.
A very thoughtful piece of writing. The author takes the reader's heart into the heart, as pure as a clear spring, as clear and distant as the Ulungu River, and quiet! [Emot=default,01/]
"Distant Sunflower" is indeed a film about memories. Every bit of the past is still vivid in my mind. Maybe writing is to record life, record the people around you, record the stories around you, record the scenery, and tell these beautiful stories and scenery to people outside the mountains. Thank you for sharing! [Emot=default,64/]
