"A Pile of Chicken Feathers" Author: Liu Zhenyun Publisher: Huacheng Publishing House

★ A collection of classic short stories by Liu Zhenyun, a famous contemporary Chinese writer, winner of the 8th Mao Dun Literature Prize, and recipient of the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France.

★ Includes "Ta Pu", which was Liu Zhenyun's first attempt at a blockbuster in the literary world, "A Pile of Feathers", which is known as the representative work of "new realism novel", "The New Soldier Company", a representative work on military themes, "Officialdom", China's first officialdom novel, and other early but pioneering heavyweight works.

★ The famous writer Wang Shuo commented: "Liu Zhenyun's A Pile of Feathers swept away the heroism, idealism and traditional ethics of the past, and perfectly reflected the real life of the petty bourgeoisie."

★ The novel "A Pile of Feathers" was adapted into a TV series of the same name, starring Chen Daoming and Xu Fan, and received wide acclaim.

★ "Liu-style humor" has become a label in contemporary Chinese literary circles.

★ Understand the Chinese people in the series of good books, read "A Pile of Feathers" and understand the bitterness behind the scheming.

"A Pile of Feathers" is a collection of short stories by Liu Zhenyun, a famous contemporary Chinese writer. In addition to "A Pile of Feathers", his representative work of "new realism novels" which has been adapted into film and television works and is well-known to the public, there are also Liu Zhenyun's first novel "Ta Pu", the military-themed novel "Rookies Company", China's first officialdom novel "Officialdom", and "Oral Message", which became the embryonic form of "One Sentence is Worth Ten Thousand Sentences", a total of 8 works.

His representative work "A Pile of Feathers" starts with a piece of tofu that went bad in Xiaolin's family. It describes all the grievances and right and wrong in the vegetable basket, wife, children, tofu, nanny, and unit. It reflects the daily life and living conditions of most Chinese people in the early days of reform and opening up, and deeply reflects the inner and outer changes that the new situation of reform and opening up has brought to people.

From this collection of short stories, we can get an insight into the civilian perspective of Liu Zhenyun's early works. This is also Liu Zhenyun's work when he first came of age, but it shows considerable maturity and sophistication. Even today, it has become even more classic and timeless after years of refinement.