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"A Star in the Sky" is a new collection of short stories by writer Deng Anqing, with 8 selected works compiled into a volume. The estranged parents, the teenager in his hometown, the aunt who met briefly in the city... Each character is reminiscent of his own relatives, childhood playmates, lovely strangers and other intimate and original memories. In the author's light description and accumulated details, you can touch the soft texture of life and see the rough ravines of life. Although there are troubles in life, in the bustling world, there is always some hidden warmth and vague ties, like a star in the sky, guiding people's hearts.

"Candy in the Mountains" combines the author's unique and meticulous understanding of the countryside, the city, and the people and things at the bottom of society through three parts: "Memories of Relatives", "Memories of the World" and "Records of Returning Hometown". The author's writing style is exquisite, his language is pure and restrained, and he uses a straightforward line drawing technique to narrate the fireworks of the world. He is attentive to the characters' behavior and psychological portrayal, and his character description is meticulous, making the reader feel as if he sees the person and enters the place where he is, making the reading more intimate. His writing is grounded, warm, and able to capture people's hearts. The illustrator "Illustrations of the Stars" has made more than 20 illustrations based on the content of the book. The painting style is delicate, vivid and full of rural interest, which perfectly matches and complements Deng Anqing's text.

"Kingdom of Paper" is a warm book, almost every word radiates heat. Those people and things that appear on the paper, recent or distant memories, are all entangled in the pyrotechnic words, long and long. The author Deng Anqing used "paper relatives", "paper characters", "paper villages" and "paper life" to form a large map of the "paper kingdom". In this map, there are daily life, fireworks and true feelings in the world. In "Paper Kingdom" flow the most minute daily life, in the countryside, in the city, or between urban and rural areas. The author uses his simple style of writing to describe all aspects of life, reaching straight into the soft hearts of ordinary people. He speaks eloquently and unknowingly brings readers into this kingdom on paper, where they encounter a long-lost simple feeling.

Graduate Zhang Yunsong finally got a copywriting job in an advertising company, but the unfamiliar and complicated workplace rules and the sudden drop in economic pressure made him gradually depressed. Until he was on a business trip to a small town named Wanghua, where he met Zhao Juan, a girl who had to stay in the town due to family pressure. Two young people who also longed to escape were surprised by their similarities to each other. They got closer and closer amidst hesitation and temptation, but found that an obstacle stood between them...

The most mature masterpiece of hometown literature by Deng Anqing, a famous Douban V and powerful young writer. The seven short stories, with the same characters, the same background, and a bead-like structure, completely present the fireworks-filled "World of Deng Yuan" for the first time. From spring and summer to autumn and winter, the innocent growth of childhood playmates of two rural boys is used to connect the joys and sorrows of a typical Chinese village, human relations and the world, as well as the imprint of the changes of the times. Left-behind children, widowed elderly people, abandoned daughters looking for relatives, preference for sons over daughters, rural education, intergenerational relations, and great changes in urban and rural areas, rural issues are presented in novels. Real and vivid portraits of characters, friendly and natural dialogues in dialects, quiet and beautiful four seasons in the countryside, growth and life intertwined with laughter and tears.