Mary Von's Rose Garden
by Fan Jianjun
About This Novel
Towering buildings, endless subway transfer points, rich nightlife... After stripping away these standard features of big city life, the food, clothing, housing and transportation in small towns are probably closer to the essence of life for the silent majority today. "Marie Feng's Rose Garden" is a new short story collection by Fan Jianjun, a famous writer in Jiangxi and vice chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Writers Association. It includes 8 stories in total, "Inner River", "Life with Aftereffects", "Taboo of the Mirror", "Sleepwalking Tower", "Soul Circle", "Iron Fantasy History", "Marie Feng's Rose Garden" and "The Kite Runner". The novel describes middle-aged life in a small town, listening to thunder in silent places, using light writing techniques to reveal the turbulent undercurrents hidden under life; at the same time, the author's thoughts sometimes penetrate into forbidden places, making small town life magnificent and colorful, allowing us to accept the familiar or unfamiliar aspects of society with pleasure.
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