The consistent spirit of this book is the depiction of the living circumstances and life attitude of small potatoes or lower class. The author has clairvoyance towards the ways of the world. He uses calm and objective writing style to narrate the boring daily life to satirize daily power relations.
Liu Zhenyun (born [May], 1958), born in Yanjin, Henan Province, China, is a Chinese writer.
In 1973 Liu Zhenyun joined the PLA and spent five years in the Gobi desert. In 1978, he took the gaokao and got the highest score in Henan Province admitted into the prestigious Peking University. After graduating from university, he became a journalist at the Daily Farmers.