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"The Taste of Licorice" is set against the background of reform and opening up, and describes the ups and downs of Qin Dagui, a farmer entrepreneur, and Dong Yaoxian, an intellectual who became a doctor through self-study. The description of the novel is delicate and the plot is fascinating. It also shows the struggle and growth of characters in different fields in the era of reform and opening up.

Liu Jiandong, the author of "Our Love (Chinese Writers Frontier Series·Novel Volume)", is one of the outstanding young writers. His writing style is sophisticated and insightful, and he portrays the characters' characteristics deeply. The language has the earthy atmosphere. The stories told involve family, love, and friendship, and can arouse deep resonance among readers. The works in this collection of novels all lead to the depths of human nature, and are full of irony. The unique story structure makes people admire the author's strong stylistic awareness and steady exploration spirit.

That fall, our Wucang Village became an angry village, all because of my sister Yang Xiaofeng. My sister is a shy girl who doesn't like to talk. She is no different from other girls in the village. They all work in Yang Zibiao's bearing factory. She smelled like a mixture of perfume and motor oil, and that smell came out whenever I was eating and hit my nose. Because of this, I often quarreled with her. No matter how noisy, my sister still sprinkles lots and lots of low-quality perfume on her body to cover up the smell of the engine oil from the bearing factory. My sister is very fair, and she likes to blush when she gets a little emotional. But that autumn, her face was always gloomy. My sister, her young life entered winter early before the cold came.

Bai Xue only became my sister a year ago. It was an early autumn evening when she and her mother arrived in front of us after a long journey from Zhangye, Gansu Province. My father and I were squeezed into the crowd at the exit of the train station. We, father and son, were in very different moods. I couldn't quite figure out how those two people coming would change our lives. To be honest, I was a little uneasy and even a little scared. But my father was a little too excited. He was holding on to the iron railing at the exit, with his feet on the railing. He was jumping up and down like a child, eager to jump into the platform. Later facts proved that there was a reason for my father's impatience. He was looking forward to a fundamental change in his boring life. He wanted to bring some feminine tenderness into the monotonous life of father and son. Father was right. The woman he was looking forward to was a good woman.

This series of books mainly consists of novels and essays. The selected works are all outstanding works by China's current powerful writers. Currently, Jiang Zilong's "World's Gossip", Liu Liangcheng's "Dust on the Horizon", Guan Renshan's "Power Confrontation", Ouyang Qiansen's "Not Love Time", Jing Ge's "Panic", etc. Have been published. For example, the romance of "Twelve Rivers of Spring", the erudition of "Words of Resurrection", the sadness of "The Window Opened by Life", the grand cultural vision of "Hakka", the analysis of folk culture of "Face"... Are all written with their own characteristics. This book collects the classic works of the famous contemporary writer Liu Jiandong. The works are rich in content, exquisite in conception, and exquisite in writing. They reflect the author's thoughts and feelings from different angles, fully demonstrate his profound writing skills and unique writing style, and are highly artistic and readable. They are very worthy of appreciation.

In the North China Plain under the Japanese invasion in the 1940s, a small town called Dongqing Bay was occupied by the Japanese army. The family ancestral hall in Dongqing Bay was occupied by the Japanese army as a prison. Facing the Japanese invasion, one of my grandfather and second grandfather chose to build the tallest tower in the city, hoping to retain a family with the strength of a tower; while the other chose to avoid and hide after his negotiations with the Japanese army were frustrated. "My" uncles and aunts also had different fates due to the turmoil of the current situation. Legends happen to everyone. The descendants of a family who have lost their family and their motherland are like sleepwalking or losing their voices. This is a city with no way to make a sound; this is the deepest and darkest night before the battle begins.

Liu Jiandong's writing path is so clearly representative of a generation of young people. He is the one who has done the most natural and successful transition from avant-garde to realism, or from focusing on technique to caring for life. The temptation, passivity, confusion and helplessness of life flash in the euphoric, chaotic and thrilling appearance of the world, and he is realizing the opening and closing of the world of novels.