沈从文家书

by Shen Congwen 沈从文, Shen Congwen 沈从文, 刘欣 (Translator)

This book vividly shares Shen Congwen's 30 years of life experience. His story begins with his obstinate, unfailing love for Zhang Zhaohe, and continues to the eve of the Cultural Revolution. Their adventures depict the journey of newly-weds forced to live apart soon after marriage, and shares their depressing letters of longing for each other's company. Through these pages Shen offers unique insights on literary development within this era, as well insights on how to be a man of character. By incorporating the articles he wrote in 1949 when he was suffering from a mental breakdown, this book possesses great historic value providing its readers an insiders view of a literary master's life.

406 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

Shen Congwen (沈从文, December 28, 1902 – May 10, 1988), formerly romanized as Shen Ts'ung-wen, was one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, on par with Lu Xun. Regional culture and identity plays a much bigger role in his writing than that of other major early modern Chinese writers. He was known for combining the vernacular style with classical Chinese writing techniques. Shen is the most important of the "native soil" writers in modern Chinese literature...

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