
Wolf
by Zhu Xining
About This Novel
"Wolf" is a collection of short stories by Taiwanese writer Zhu Xining, which includes nine classic short stories and is published in mainland China for the first time. "Wolf" continues the legendary characters and ancient events in the northern rural market town in "Iron Pulp". It is deeply engraved, and the characters and stories all flow from that "pure China": the old tailor who lives alone and is troubled by desire in "Odd", the tricycle driver who chooses to protect his simple beliefs after the battle between heaven and man in "Life Under the Line", "Goodbye, the sound of train wheels!" "The crazy Dr. Liu De who is obsessed with studying "silent railways" in "Snake House", Xiao Xuan, a national yoke who finally finds true confidence after suffering internal and external hardships, and the big wheel who adheres to the traditional Oriental tradition of forgiveness in a wild environment in "Wolf"... The original appearance of tradition, the situation of survival, the temptation of sexual desire, the pressure of the human heart, ancient China encounters modern civilization, and the eternal human desire encounters the suppression of reality. Each article contains a solid and rich brilliance and charming charm. In the hometown of words cast by Zhu Xining, people walk in the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, and ignorance and violence are never absent, but benevolence, love and faith are bright, upright and solid. He is a carver of words. With a pure pen, he summons the lost ancient China back bit by bit.
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