Camel Xiangzi
by Lao She
About This Novel
The peak of Lao She's novels, a masterpiece of the fate of the urban poor, a masterpiece of a language master, a sample of Beijing-style novels, and a custom picture of old Beijing. "Camel Xiangzi" is a peak in all Lao She's creations and a representative work describing the fate of the urban poor. The greatest success of this novel is that it portrays the image of Xiangzi, a typical lower-class citizen in Beijing, which truly reflects the suffering life of the lower-class people in Beijing. Xiangzi is a young, strong, hard-working, lower-class worker in the city. His entire ideal is to buy a rickshaw to pull people and become an "independent" and "free" driver. However, the ups and downs of buying a rickshaw shattered his life ideal and plunged him into despair. Xiangzi became a selfish, rogue, and sickly zombie. The author unfolds the plot through a trilogy of fate of the protagonist Xiangzi: "spirited - unwilling to fail - willing to fall". The entire "Camel Xiangzi" is the tragic history of Xiangzi's transformation from self-improvement to self-reliance and degradation. "Luotuo Xiangzi" is a recommended reading list for the new Chinese language textbook compiled by the Ministry of Education and has broad market influence. This book includes reading guidance programs and beautiful illustrations written by famous teachers in Zhejiang.
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