"I am as timid as a mouse" Author: Yu Hua Publisher: Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House

Yu Hua: I was once one of thousands of sensitive and timid children. This is our common autobiography!

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◆ New edition released! Yu Hua specially added 5,000 words of growth experience interview!

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Contents:

There is an idiom called "cowardly as a mouse", which describes my story. ——Page 3 of this book

This book includes four novellas written by Yu Hua: "I am as Cowardly as a Mouse", "Summer Typhoon", "April 3rd Incident" and "Death of a Landlord". These works contain Yu Hua's growth experience, vividly presenting the sensitivity, inferiority and cowardice that everyone may experience in adolescence, and resonate with countless young people struggling at the turning point of their lives.

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Editor's Recommendation:

◆ Yu Hua's autobiographical coming-of-age novel! Completely new and supplemented edition!

◆ New edition released! Yu Hua specially added 5,000 words of growth experience interview!

◆ Yu Hua personally selected two appendices: "Why I Write" and "Reality in Literature".

◆ The cover is selected from the paintings of contemporary artist Zhang Xiaogang; the text is made of smooth offset paper, which is comfortable to read!

◆ Specially designed exquisite chapter pages, condensing each wonderful image!

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Expert Comments:

◆ Yu Hua has already reached the forefront of contemporary Chinese literature. ——Li Tuo (contemporary writer and literary critic)

◆The April 3rd Incident is the clarion call of Chinese avant-garde literature. ——Cheng Yongxin (contemporary writer, editor-in-chief of Harvest magazine)

◆Yu Hua allows us to see the natural doubts of teenagers about secular life, and the silent battle between teenagers’ nature and the adult world. ——Zhang Xuexin (Professor at Liaoning Normal University)

◆ In Yu Hua's writing, eighteen years old is not as joyful and exuberant as adolescence, nor as solemn and enthusiastic as the transition period of life. Instead, it is full of words such as "bruised all over", "helpless", "fearful", "sad", "cold" and "death". Yu Hua seems to be particularly concerned about the pain of personality transformation in adulthood. ——Wang Kan (literary critic)

◆ Yu Hua was like this, spending his childhood in a timid and silent manner. However, being timid does not mean being absolutely weak. Being timid in words and deeds often arouses the richness and sensitivity of the heart, because he must always seek the greatest protection for his life, and in the process of this constant pursuit, he unconsciously exercises his careful observation of worldly affairs and accurate judgment of the expressions of people. At the same time, as a kind of self-balance in character, timid people often desire to be strong more than ordinary people in their hearts, and they also more eagerly hope to see the glory of the victory of the weak. ——Hong Zhigang (famous literary critic, author of "Yu Hua Biography")