What can I read at the moment of the pandemic?
Under the guidance of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, the Shanghai Federation of Social Societies, Century Publishing Group and Wen Wei Po Specially planned the theme activity of "The Power of Reading, Always Together", inviting scholars and writers in Shanghai to make 1+N recommendations for readers, recommend an excellent book, a piece of music, a movie, and even a good article to share their reading and viewing experience.
Shanghai writer Sun Ganlu recently recommended Liang Xiaosheng's novel "The World of Man", as well as the TV series of the same name based on the novel.
The story of "The World of Man" spans 50 years, with simple and meticulous brushstrokes, depicts the life history of several generations of a working family in the north, reflects the great changes experienced by Chinese society, and truly expresses the joys and sorrows of ordinary people.
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The original novel of "Human World" has three volumes, and the TV series has 58 episodes.
Sun Ganlu said that large and small characters, including the three brothers and sisters of the Zhou family, have experienced various difficulties, and the times and personal reasons are intertwined and layered, but the kindness, integrity, perseverance and open-mindedness displayed by the characters can give courage and comfort to us who are experiencing the epidemic at this moment.
■ "The World of Man" by Liang Xiaosheng, China Youth Publishing House
The whole book of "The World of Man" (three volumes) is 1.15 million words, and Liang Xiaosheng has completed it after several years of creation.
Taking the life trajectory of a commoner surnamed Zhou in the northern provincial capital city as a clue, the work writes from the 1970s to today after the reform and opening up, depicts the great changes in Chinese society and the ups and downs of the people's lives from multiple angles, in multiple directions and at multiple levels, and artistically and eloquently shows the life efforts of the common people yearning for a better life and the historical progress of social development, which can be called a "fifty years of Chinese people's life history".