This is a collection of Su Tong's self-selected short stories, including a total of forty-three Su Tong's representative works from various periods. It includes famous works such as "Vanilla Camp", "Snowy Pig's Head", "Watermelon Boat", "Tell Them, I went on a white crane", "Q of Hearts", and the latest work "Madonna Business" which won the Huadi Literature Award.
The book is divided into upper and lower volumes, edited and selected by Su Tong himself, with a total of more than 400,000 words. It is well produced and can be treasured by readers. Su Tong is probably one of the most internationally influential contemporary Chinese writers, with a wide public readership. Su Tong is known as the king of short stories. He likes short stories, likes to read other people's short stories, and also likes to write. He insists that short stories are actually fairy tales for adults, which can "allow you to touch all the textures and contexts of literature." His short stories can be said to be small words with great meaning, or they can be said to be full of sighs, and they can even be called micro art. Therefore, it is very interesting to study Su Tong's collection of short stories. The famous writer Ge Fei has a very accurate comment: "Su Tong's novels seem to be written carelessly, but suddenly start a stroke and leave an endless aftertaste."
Reader comments
Su Tong uses images to "create images" of characters - the pigeons in "Vanilla Camp", allowing sincerity and exaggeration, frankness and cunning to coexist on Xiao Ma Lai's face. In "Giant Baby", the intrusive hallucination and active imagination are accurately distinguished, and the passively glimpsed picture is more disturbing than the reality. The watermelon in "Watermelon Boat" and the burial obsession in "I Ride on the White Crane", each prop is like a key, quickly opening the character's inner secret room. "Queen of Hearts" interweaves the marks of the times with childhood memories, and "Madonna Business" pays tribute to a broken love. The water in the pot boiled and then cooled, and the days passed like this. The past is covered in dust. After the wind blows, some become clear and some dissipate - it all depends on fate whether the dust accumulates or floats away. In the crying ears, the evil of human nature and the excitement of youth are mixed together.
Su Tong writes about magic in life: without strange power, human jealousy is far more terrifying than ghosts, and rumors can kill people. The clouds above the Toon Tree Street are made up of gossip. As for the girl who was leaning against the wall and sobbing, the autumn sunshine scattered from the vines and fell on her face... It was a sadness deeper than the sea water.
You are always the exception and special when you are here with me
It's as fascinating as a piece of advice, and it's cleverly conceived and makes one's heart sink after reading it.
Su Tong is among the best among contemporary writers!
Su Tong uses images to "create images" of characters - the pigeons in "Vanilla Camp", allowing sincerity and exaggeration, frankness and cunning to coexist on Xiao Ma Lai's face. In "Giant Baby", the intrusive hallucination and active imagination are accurately distinguished, and the passively glimpsed picture is more disturbing than the reality. The watermelon in "Watermelon Boat" and the burial obsession in "I Ride on the White Crane", each prop is like a key, quickly opening the character's inner secret room. "Queen of Hearts" interweaves the marks of the times with childhood memories, and "Madonna Business" pays tribute to a broken love. The water in the pot boiled and then cooled, and the days passed like this. The past is covered in dust. After the wind blows, some become clear and some dissipate - it all depends on fate whether the dust accumulates or floats away. In the crying ears, the evil of human nature and the excitement of youth are mixed together. Su Tong writes about magic in life: without strange power, human jealousy is far more terrifying than ghosts, and rumors can kill people. The clouds above the Toon Tree Street are made up of gossip. As for the girl who was leaning against the wall and sobbing, the autumn sunshine scattered from the vines and fell on her face... It was a sadness deeper than the sea water.
You are always the exception and special when you are here with me
It's as fascinating as a piece of advice, and it's cleverly conceived and makes one's heart sink after reading it.
Su Tong is among the best among contemporary writers!