The Courtyard is Full of Locust Flowers
by Li Li
About This Novel
This book contains many short and medium-length stories by Li Li, such as "A Courtyard Full of Sophora Blossoms", "Special Tasks", and "Bloodline", and uses a cold writing style to outline the various aspects of living beings in urban and rural changes. The work focuses on the ups and downs of ordinary people inside and outside the system: there is Dawei, a young man who is trapped in a single dormitory in his work unit, struggling between worldliness and ideals; there is the "First Secretary" who goes to work in the countryside and tries to rebuild hope on the land; there are also three generations of ancestors and grandchildren who straddle the revolutionary era and modern society, and are soaked in the feelings of family and country in their blood... The work is full of compassionate gazes on the bottom, and also has profound interrogations about the ills of the times. Between the lines, there is a deep tribute to idealism and a cold reflection on social transformation.
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