The Beiping I love is not a trivial thing, but a whole history that is glued to my soul, a large place, many small scenic spots, from the dragonflies of the Shichahai Sea after the rain to the shadow of the Yuquan Mountain in my dream, all accumulated into one piece, there is a me in every small event, there is a Beiping in every thought, this can only be said.
01
Shoko the Camel
Lao She | Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House | 2008
This is a classic masterpiece of modern Chinese novels and one of Mr. Lao She's representative works.
"Camel Xiangzi" is a tragedy depicted by Lao She with sympathetic brushstrokes: in Beijing in the twenties, a hard-working and strong low-level social figure with a beautiful dream of making a fortune and struggling, but in the end he was swallowed up by a dark storm. It reveals the eventual disillusionment of the slave mentality and hopes of the "little people" of the time. With the suicide of Shoko's beloved woman, Xiaofuzi, Shoko extinguishes the last spark of her personal struggle. This is the typical fate of the poor citizens of old China and old Beijing.
02
My whole life
Lao She | People's Literature and Art Publishing House | 2017
"My Life: Selected Short Stories in Lao She" includes "Crescent Moon", "Soul Breaker", "My Life", "No Problem", "And Say In the House", "Liu Family Compound", "Micro God", "Neighbors", "Mr. Breeches", "Appointment", "Liu Tun's", "Good Man", "Black and White Lee" and other famous articles. While expressing the fate of the citizens at the bottom, these works also run through the theme of criticizing and rejecting capitalist civilization.
The characteristics of Lao She's creation are not only expressed in his novels, but also in his short stories. This anthology is rich in selection and comprehensively shows Lao She's artistic achievements in the field of short story creation.
03
Not a problem
Lao She | Tianjin People's Publishing House | 2017
Lao She's "No Problem" was originally published in the 1943 "Ta Kung Pao", the story took place in the Anti-Japanese War Chongqing Shuhua Farm, the farm manager Ding Changchang's management ability is not good, but the ability to coax people is first-class, proficient in human feelings, under his governance, everyone steals chickens and plays cards all day, mixing days. Shuhua Farm was in decline, and fake young artist Qin Miaozhai was also mixed in. After returning from studying abroad, Director You took over the farm and began to rectify the style, and everyone felt the pleasure brought by self-discipline and science...
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Cat City Chronicles
Lao She | Tianjin People's Publishing House | 2017
In the second year of the September 18 Incident, the 33-year-old Lao She published a long satirical novel "Cat City", borrowing an absurd cat city on Mars to tell the truth about China at that time in his eyes. Because of its "insight into human nature beyond the times", "Cat City" is second only to "Camel Xiangzi" in overseas Lao She's work, with six translations in Japanese, French, English, German, Russian and Hungarian. In the second half of the novel, Lao She prophesied himself and Many later encounters with China.
The plane crashed on Mars, and "I" stumbled into the "cat city", the oldest country on Mars, and got acquainted with all kinds of cat people: the scorpion of a large landlord, politician, poet and officer, the little scorpion who was insightful and perfunctory, the cat soldier who only snatched the leaves and women, the wife of the minister who guarded the eight concubines, the foreigner who killed people and did not break the law, the student who beat the teacher, the scholar who sold cultural relics, the party stick who coaxed the party, the warlord who rushed to surrender...
A cannon sounded, and the prosperity fell.
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The market opened well
Lao She | Tianjin People's Publishing House | 2017
Lao She's selection of short stories, first-class humor and irony, make people laugh, shake their heads, clap their hands and cry.
Mr. Lao She's pen has a number of characters that are very clear and real: maternal families who lack scientific knowledge, train passengers with no quality, "independent women" who deceive themselves, charlatans who open hospitals, patriotic young people who pride themselves on being noble, intellectuals who are not understood... Although these characters were written in the Republic of China, they also live in the present, and these works still have practical significance in today's China.
However, Mr. Lao She's satire on society has a strong regional era characteristics, full of the unique harmony of "Beiping people". He is always gentle, always sympathetic, and there is always room for the needle to the point - truly representing Chinese literature, is a true Chinese spiritual aristocracy.
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