"River Bank" Author: Su Tong Publisher: Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House

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"River Bank" is a very important novel in Su Tong's creative career.

The book presents the cruel youth in the 1970s . The story shows the absurd fate of Ku Wenxuan and his son Ku Dongliang, the humbleness and tenacity of life, the troubles of youth growth and the absurdity of history.

Su Tong's work has received such evaluation: " Su Tong's world makes people feel unbearable lightness, so neat and exquisite, but hollow from the inside out. On such a map, Su Tong constructs or fabricates a kind of ethnography. Su Tong once again proves that he is one of the most charming storytellers among contemporary novelists . "