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"White Deer Plain" Author: Chen Zhongshi Publisher: Writers Publishing House
"White Deer Plain" Author: Chen Zhongshi Publisher: Writers Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
This book combines family history and national history. It stands out among similar works with its profound sense of history and complex characters, becoming one of the rare masterpieces in contemporary literature.
A magnificent epic of the Weihe Plain, a colorful picture of rural China. The protagonist Bai Jiaxuan married and lost six wives, and the strange prelude to his fate foreshadowed an ominous omen. Two generations of descendants of a family fought endlessly for the rule of Bailuyuan, and staged a series of thrilling live dramas: taking advantage of the feng shui, using the beauty trap, filial sons becoming bandits, fathers-in-law killing daughters-in-law, brothers fighting each other, lovers turning against each other... The Great Revolution, the invasion of the Japanese invaders, and the three-year civil war, Bailuyuan was in turmoil, the king's flag changed, family feuds and national hatreds were intertwined, and grievances were retaliated from generation to generation. The ancient land trembled in the birth pains of rebirth.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Chen Zhongshi, male, is a famous contemporary Chinese writer and former vice chairman of the China Writers Association. White Deer Plain is his most famous work. His other representative works include the short story collections Village and Behind the Old Poplar Tree, and the collection of literary criticism Talks on Creation Feelings. His novella collections Early Summer and Four Sisters, Selected Stories of Chen Zhongshi, Collected Works of Chen Zhongshi, and prose collection Connecting the Earth Veins, etc. He won the Mao Dun Literature Award in 1997. White Deer Plain was listed in the "Must-Read for College Students" series by the Ministry of Education. It has been sold more than 1.6 million copies and has been adapted into various art forms such as Qinqiang, drama, dance drama, and film. He died of illness at Xijing Hospital in Xi'an at around 7:40 on April 29, 2016.
