Ancient Ship
by Zhang Wei
About This Novel
This is a novel with profound historical and cultural heritage, written in the early 1980s. The main content of the novel is the recollection of the vicissitudes of an ancient town over the past century, as well as the narration of the changes in the open era. It truly reproduces the distortion of human nature in a special era and the great changes that occurred in that land under the impact of the tide of reform. Zhang Wei uses delicate and affectionate brushwork to outline all living beings, making the text profound and contagious. Nearly 30 years after its publication, the novel has been widely praised by the society. It has been translated into many languages and spread overseas. It has been rated as one of the "Top 100 Chinese Novels in the World" and has been designated as a college entrance examination textbook by the French Ministry of Education and the Science Center. When HarperCollin, the world's largest publishing organization, launched contemporary Chinese literature to the world, "The Ancient Ship" was the only contemporary Chinese work selected.
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