"Three Books on the Earthquake" is a true record of the Wenchuan earthquake survivor and writer Li Ximin. It includes the personal account "Survivor" written two months after the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake, the documentary "Redemption" and the non-fiction work "Why We Call for Help" written ten years after the earthquake. The collection is a comprehensive record of the experience during the earthquake, the psychological trauma and healing after the earthquake.
From a first-person perspective, "Survivor" truly records the entire process of Li Ximin being buried for 76 hours in the "5.12 Wenchuan Earthquake": from arriving at the scene of the incident to being buried deep in the rubble, experiencing panic, anger, and grievance, followed by persistence, waiting in peace, and the instinctive reaction of struggling for survival until he was rescued. The full text delicately reproduces the thrilling human disaster scenes, and also shows the beauty and kindness in human nature with plain and simple words. After "Survivor" was published in "Harvest" magazine, it caused a huge response and won the "Chinese Literary Media Award·Essayist of the Year Award" that year.
The full-length documentary novel "Redemption" tells the story of He Guodian, who lost his son and mother in the earthquake and fell into inextricable pain for a long time. After he came to Shanghai with his wife Du Moli, with the care and help of the kind people around him, he gradually emerged from the psychological shadow and walked step by step towards the road of self-salvation. With delicate writing and compassionate feelings, the author truly reproduces the harm caused by the disaster to ordinary people, deeply analyzes the psychological trauma of people after the disaster, and writes touchingly about the light of humanity in ordinary people in real life.
"Why We Call for Help" is the author's work dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the Wenchuan Earthquake. It tells the story of writer Li Ximin, magazine photographer Su Qing, and farmer Yang Songshu's family struggling to survive and overcoming physical and psychological pain after the earthquake.
"There is always something that should be illuminated." "Three Books on Earthquakes" truly presents the disaster scene and traumatic reality from a first-person perspective, and always points to the light during the physical and psychological self-rescue process of each person involved. Although difficult, it firmly reiterates the inherent softness and toughness, fragility and unyieldingness of life, and demonstrates the sacred dignity of life.
Reader comments
This book truly records the Wenchuan Earthquake, which shocked me very much. The author's delicate writing style made me feel the same way, especially the description of human nature in the book, which moved me very much. I like He Guodian in the book. His persistence and self-salvation in difficult situations made me see the power of life. Just like the book says, "There is always something that should be illuminated." This book illuminates the brilliance of humanity that we may overlook.
This book truly records the Wenchuan Earthquake, which shocked me very much. The author's delicate writing style made me feel the same way, especially the description of human nature in the book, which moved me very much. I like He Guodian in the book. His persistence and self-salvation in difficult situations made me see the power of life. Just like the book says, "There is always something that should be illuminated." This book illuminates the brilliance of humanity that we may overlook.
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