Xiao Hong (1911-1942), a modern Chinese female writer, one of the "Four Talented Women of the Republic of China", was known as the "Literary Goddess of the 1930s". In 1911, he was born into a feudal landlord family in Hulan District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. His mother died when he was young. In 1932, he met Xiao Jun. In 1933, he published his first novel "The Abandoned Child" under the pseudonym Whispering. In 1935, with the support of Lu Xun, he published his famous work "The Field of Life and Death". In 1936, he traveled east to Japan and wrote the prose "Lonely Life" and the long poem "Grains of Sand". In 1940, he arrived in Hong Kong with Duanmu Hongliang, and later published the novella "Mabele" and the novel "The Story of Hulan River". On January 22, 1942, he died in Hong Kong of tuberculosis and malignant tracheectasis at the age of 31.
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The writing in this book is so beautiful, especially the description of snow, "The snow has fallen very hard! When I came back from pouring dirty water, my hair was wet. Looking out from the door, borrowing the light, the snow was white, and it seemed that it would fill the world in an instant." I like this paragraph so much, it makes me feel like I am also on that snowy night. Moreover, the description of the characters in the book is also very delicate, which made me feel the inner world of the protagonist. It's really a very good book!
The writing in this book is so beautiful, especially the description of snow, "The snow has fallen very hard! When I came back from pouring dirty water, my hair was wet. Looking out from the door, borrowing the light, the snow was white, and it seemed that it would fill the world in an instant." I like this paragraph so much, it makes me feel like I am also on that snowy night. Moreover, the description of the characters in the book is also very delicate, which made me feel the inner world of the protagonist. It's really a very good book!