The Fading Sunset, Continued

[Period Novel] [Historical Novel] [Realist Fiction] [Tragedy]

But he died. He died yesterday.

What's that red rope in the tree for? That? Xu Jingui left it when he hanged himself. And the other one? That one belonged to a friend of mine.

This book spans the years from 1938 to 1992. It tells the story of ordinary people's struggle to survive and a village's transformation amid the tides of history, from the old society to the new.

I can't imagine that the once-bustling village is now deserted. Where did everyone go? They left, went mad, or died. That's what Old Chen told me. Only a few old people are left in the whole village now.