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The Story of the Broad Sword (3 Volumes in Total) (a Collection of 70 Novels in the 70 Years of New China)

Guo Clarified

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"The Story of the Broad Sword" was created in 1975 and consists of two parts and three volumes. This is the only full-length novel in China that describes the Anti-Japanese War in the Northern Shandong Plain. The author Guo Qingcheng uses a realistic writing style rooted in the countryside and a simple and vigorous style derived from traditional Chinese novels to extol the heroic spirit and historical merits of the people of the Northern Shandong Plain in the Anti-Japanese War. The work gained widespread influence as soon as it was published and became an indelible reading memory for a generation. The book has distinctive characteristics of the times, and at the same time, it fully reflects the literary talent, historical values ​​and aesthetic pursuits of the writers of that generation.