This is a long masterpiece that focuses on the lives of Chinese farmers, especially rural women.
The book uses 221 oral fragments to tell the confusing and secretive private lives of Chinese rural women, the intricate relationships between men and women, and the underlying stories of happiness and sorrow. Through the recollections and chats of little people, the face of various life situations on the vast land is regarded as a new narrative ethics, so that the most ordinary rural life in China begins to have its own voice.
The unique narrative style and writing style caused this work to attract widespread attention as soon as it was published. This is not only a novel and shocking book for the literary and academic circles, but it is also a book that makes people feel warm and touching.
Reader comments
For people who have lived in rural areas, reading seems like reliving yesterday's life.
For people who have lived in rural areas, reading seems like reliving yesterday's life.
Down-to-earth, simple language, vivid