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The rural world described by Zhao Lanzhen is dense and strange, cool and sincere, and full of the noise and throbbing of the earth. Here are young people chasing dreams who are in the wilderness but looking up to the sky, there are humble neighbors who still have the warmth of humanity, there are young people who are in misfortune but stick to their hearts... The writer uses his keen perception to remove the poverty and sorrow covered in the soil, create a rich and complex sensory world, dig out the intricate roots buried deep in the ground, and unearth the secrets and power deep in the countryside.

This is a collection of short stories and short stories. The author uses a child's eyes to show a rural world that is both simple and potentially cruel. Injecting elements of magic and spirituality into ordinary stories, they are vivid, delicate and humorous without losing compassion and reflection. The language style is unique and has the shadow of Western masters such as Faulkner. At the same time, it uses dialects extensively, and there is a powerful force between the lines.

Nantang is a real dream full of taboos, a strange place where the people are lean and the life grows wild. Only when you stand on Nantang can you understand that this is the axis of the world, and everything is spinning around it. Nantang is home to all kinds of strange and bizarre things. And her greatest masterpiece is the Avenger Wings. Wings was born in an era of madness and was once swallowed by endless darkness. He was determined to fight tooth for tooth with his hometown, but when he became an adult, he faced the disappearance and death of the countryside. When he saw the village being crushed by time and collapsing to the ground, grief and regret surged out. No one can be separated from his hometown without death. The work exhausts all living beings in the countryside, showing no concern for the ugliness and decay of the world, showing composure, fairness and ruthlessness. It takes us to see the aging and changes of the human world, all things bloom and wither, the heaven and earth quietly open up, and after the blazing flames, the world returns to the plains, as if nothing has ever existed.

This book is one of the "Novelist's Prose" series and contains more than 40 articles by Zhao Lanzhen. The first volume, "Memory is Burning", tells childhood memories and interesting stories, and the text is smart and very vivid; the second volume, "Thought Lightning", tells the thoughts and feelings about literature; the third volume, "The Fire Seeker", is about the author's travels and experiences in various places, full of humanistic and historical significance; the fourth volume, "Novelist", is the author's speeches and interviews. The whole book is full of positive power. All things in the world can only survive by working hard and making progress. The progress of time and space, especially the progress of human society, is the fundamental role of positive forces.

Most of the works collected in this book are based on the author's medical practice experience, including realistic descriptions of treatment and surgical procedures, as well as true reflections of the medical conditions in villages and towns. Most of the characters are farmers, and the novel shows their state of being sick and dying, as well as the subtle and complex relationships between people. It approaches the true face of the soul in sincere writing, which is deeply shocking.

This book is divided into two parts. The first part writes the history of a village and a group, and the various strange things that happened in it; the second part writes the history of a person, that is, the spiritual history of the protagonist Wings. The former is rich, magical, and grand, while the latter digs deep into the heart. The two reflect each other, showing the fate of individuals in the great era, the struggle and growth of pure hearts in a cruel environment, and the huge impact of rural changes on people's hearts and nature.

This book is a coming-of-age novel for teenagers and an elegy in memory of rural life. Fishing, catching crabs, eels, and turtle doves are all part of Xuesheng's summer vacation with his friends. Unrestrained, free and happy, I never tire of it by the Nanhe River every day. Suddenly one day, Xue was so sick that she couldn't straighten up and felt that she was going to die. The instinct of survival made him hold on to his friends tightly and turn to the doctor for help... The novel uses flexible narrative to illuminate the ordinary and poetic life of the three boys. The sincere and simple friendship and the magnificent and magical legend lead us into that poor but extremely rich childhood.