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The Sound of Oars in the Canal

Red Boy

126K0

"The Sound of Oars on the Canal" is a collection of essays, divided into four parts: the first part is deep among flowers, the second part is like a string of music, the third part is nostalgic, and the fourth part is old streets. The hometown of the author Honghai is Shuangqiao Farm in the northern suburbs, where the Tonghui River and the Queen Mother Xiao River pass through it, and their downstream intersection is the famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Through the vivid narration of the history of his hometown and the deep memory of his relatives, he expresses the author's deep feelings for his hometown. "Nostalgia Collection" is a literary project created by Elephant Publishing House for appreciation, research and collection. Wencong demonstrates the sincere feelings for the hometown of relatives and the deep emotion about life in the world in many aspects, bringing us closeness, aftertaste, and enlightenment, allowing us to feel the warmth, deepness, greenness and vastness of the power of words. Everyone has his own hometown. No matter how far you go, you can't help but visit and think about that place often. Reading this book, you can reminisce about the deep nostalgia and leave beautiful memories in the author's eloquent narration.

The Wind Blows the Wheat Waves

Red Boy

185K0

This book selects 18 of Red Boy's short stories, "Wind Blowing Wheat Waves", "Looking at Chang'an", "By the Stream", "Around the City", "Jasmine Blossoms", "The Last Educated Youth", "We All Go to Havana", "River Sorrow", "Sipi Flowing Water", "Red Head Rope", "Prisoner", "Horse Jujube", "Drifting in the Wind", "Pear Blossoms Blooming Everywhere", "Guangxi Gate", "Fragrant Grassland", "Cold Hands and Feet" and "Aegean Sea". Honghai said, "Prose and poetry are about my world; novels are about the world I am talking about." The short stories selected in this book all use ordinary and real characters to tell stories that are close to life, shortening the distance between them and readers, and creating resonance. The works "The Wind Blows the Wheat Waves" and "Looking at Chang'an" were adapted into the movie "The Wind Blows the Wheat Waves" in 2019.