Tang He: The Story of a Shoemaker

This novel, written in a critical realist style, deeply exposes the distortion of self-interest and family ethics in the period of social transformation through the collection of antiques by Tang He, a shoe repairman in a mountain village. The novel incisively depicts the shoemaker Tang He, his wife Luo Ri, their children Tang Juan, Tang Qi, Tang Ke, Tang Yan, etc., As well as many concrete and three-dimensional characters such as young girls and cross-faced women. It highlights the theme of "seeing reality in change and having the human touch in change". The novel's language is plain but contagious, and the plot is ups and downs and exciting.