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"Lychees in Chang'an" Author: Ma Boyong Publisher: Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House
"Lychees in Chang'an" Author: Ma Boyong Publisher: Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
In the 14th year of the Tianbao reign of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shande, a minor official in Chang'an, suddenly received a task: to transport fresh lychees from Lingnan before the birthday of the imperial concubine. Lychees "change color in one day, fragrance in two days, and taste in three days", and Lingnan is more than 5,000 miles away from Chang'an. This is an impossible task, but for the sake of his family, Li Shande is determined to give it a try: "Even if I fail, I want to know how far away from the finish line I fall."
"Lychees in Chang'an" is Ma Boyong's highly acclaimed historical novel.
The line "A horse gallops through the dusty streets, and the concubine smiles. No one knows it is the lychees coming" by Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu has sparked people's endless imagination for more than a thousand years. However, the shelf life of fresh lychees is only three days. How did this legendary journey of more than 5,000 miles come about? Who let Yang Guifei eat fresh lychees from Lingnan in Chang'an? The author Ma Boyong has a very imaginative imagination about this.
Following the consistent sense of time and space tension in Ma Boyong's writing, the book not only allows readers to see how the little people survive in troubled times, but also allows them to feel the passionate struggle of man-made things. A "Lychee Fresh Transportation Map" is included with the book.
★ Editor's Recommendation
Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu's line "A horseman in red dust makes the concubine smile, no one knows it is the lychees coming" has made people envy Yang Guifei for thousands of years, but there are few detailed records in history books about how the lychees were transported from Lingnan, more than 5,000 miles away, to Chang'an City. Ma Boyong, who has a wild imagination, used this as a blueprint to build a story about Li Shande, a social animal in the Tang Dynasty, who tried his best to do a project. Although it is a historical novel, readers can see the shadow of their own lives in it, such as buying a house in a big city, emotional intelligence game in the workplace, and having to violate the rules. The struggles of small people are so similar. The difficult task of transporting fresh lychees over a distance of more than a thousand miles reflects the macro society of the Tang Dynasty with micro-human affairs.
This historical novel, which has a very good reputation, was written in just 11 days. As soon as it was serialized, it received rave reviews from readers and was rated as a masterpiece by tens of thousands of people, with a recommendation value of 96%. Weibo, Douyin, Xiaohongshu and Toutiao have attracted a large number of readers to comment and create derivative works.
This book has a small-format double-cover design, and comes with a foldout illustration of the "Fresh Lychee Transportation Map".
★ Media Recommendation
Ma Boyong combines his familiarity with history with his concern for reality, which makes his writing touch people's hearts. He writes about ancient people, but often allows us to see ourselves. This is the case with "Lychees in Chang'an".
——Yu Gengzhe, professor of the School of History and Culture, Shaanxi Normal University
About the Author · · · · · ·
Ma Boyong
Writer. Winner of the People's Literature Award, the Zhu Ziqing Prose Award, and the Mao Dun Newcomer Award.
It has been praised as following the "lineage of historical literary creation since the May Fourth Movement" and is dedicated to the exploration of "historical possibility novels".
Representative works: "The Great Physician", "Fifteen Days in the Two Capitals", "Ming Dynasty Under the Microscope", "The Longest Day in Chang'an", "The Antique Bureau", "Secrets of the Three Kingdoms", "The Wind Rises in Longxi", etc.
