Eye of the Storm
by Sun Yong
About This Novel
The novel "Eye of the Storm" focuses on the story of a series of economic knowledge published by a large publishing house in Shanghai that was severely criticized by superiors and caused a turmoil. It exactly shows the clamor of the times when the times are changing, and thus outlines the integrity and spirit of intellectuals. Writer Sun Yong has personally experienced China's publishing process over the past 40 years of reform and opening up. As a former president of a publishing house and director of a publishing bureau, he has experience and insight into the ever-changing publishing industry. With thoughtful words that understand the joys and sorrows of his life, he carefully describes the publisher's mood and ecology. "Eye of the Storm" not only expands the depth of thought and breadth of life of intellectual novels in the publishing industry, showing the rich and complex editor's heart and the colorful publishing industry ecology, but also captures the deep spiritual depth of intellectuals with shocking observation. Since at the beginning of the reform and opening up, the party had not yet reached a unified understanding of whether to follow the road of market economy, so the uproar caused by the publication of this book by this large publishing house in Shanghai made a group of intellectuals face choices and endure the test in the storm. Real exploration and perseverance are the "eyes" of the storm, and they are calm but exciting. A publishing house with Chinese characteristics is indispensable for the management and operation of these publishers. They not only bear ideological and political risks, but also seek economic benefits for the publishing house at all times. The joys and sorrows of this process are particularly vivid when told by a publisher. This work, from the small to the big, is based on a book publishing incident that occurred in the 1980s, bringing out the living conditions of the publishing house and the life path, emotions and destiny of intellectuals, which is especially sighing.
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