The full-length novel Seventeen Years in Prison follows the stark transformation of its male protagonist from a grassroots official into a murderer, as well as the ordeal of his seventeen years behind bars. With meticulous realism and a deep, incisive style, it immerses you in the extraordinary world of prison, a place rife with corruption yet also home to hidden talents. The characters and events serve as the driving force, organically shifting between the contrasting settings of prison and the free world, making the story all the more immersive. While exposing and condemning the ugliness, greed, and selfishness of human nature, the novel focuses even more on praising truth, kindness, and beauty through its tender prose, conveying the moral principle that good and evil are always repaid. Combining storytelling with reflection, it weaves a dramatic, gripping tale full of twists and turns.
