The latest announcement of the 2021 "Good Books of China" is that the People's Literature Publishing House has four works, namely Fan Wen's "The Sun Turns", Lao Teng's "Northland", East-West "Echo", and Tieliu's "Patron"!
Among them, tieliu's "Patron", Fan Wen's "The Sun Turns" and Lao Teng's "Northland" were first published in "Contemporary" and "Contemporary Novel Selection".
Contemporary, No. 3, 2021
Won the third prize of the "Contemporary" Literary Rally in 2021
Selected from Xinhua Digest, No. 19, 2021
"Backing the Mountain" is like a huge mountain range, the pulse of revolution, the pulse of a political party, and the vein of literature. This book not only represents a new height in the creation of Iron Stream, but also represents the height that our theme creation and reportage literature can reach today.
——Shi Zhanjun, editor-in-chief of People's Literature
"Patron", People's Literature Publishing House, June 2021 edition
It was selected into the "China Good Books" monthly list, the Special List of Good Books in the Chinese Edition to pay tribute to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and the Top 20 Good Books of the People's Literature Publishing House in 2021
Contemporary, No. 5, 2021
Won the fifth prize of the Contemporary Literary Rally in 2021
Selected Novels, No. 1, 2022
Shortlisted for the 2021 Harvest Literature List (novels)
Fan Wen returned to the land south of caiyun. He is the writer of this land, and the person who loves the earth must also be a "cloud collector", the clouds and the wind and rain and the sunshine above the earth, which is the complex expression of the earth, and it is the earth that projects its own drama and legend to the heavens. He returned to his original broad anthropological vision, he put the events of this era back to the earth, he told the story not only about this moment, but he wanted to make the scenery and storms of this moment get an ancient epic weather.
——Li Jingze, vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association
"The Sun Turns", People's Literature Publishing House, November 2021 edition
It was selected into the monthly list of "China's Good Books", the recommended reading list of the "Centennial Great Cause of Book Screening" of the Central Propaganda Department, and the Top 20 Best Books of the People's Literature Publishing House in 2021
Selected Contemporary Novels, No. 2, 2021
Chang Kexun, the protagonist of "Northland", has worked in the small town of Baihe in the Northland for forty years, and the changes in his work, the ups and downs of life and the fluctuations of emotions are like paintbrushes of different colors, depicting a vivid image of a northland builder. A generation of northern land builders represented by Chang Kexun relied on firm ideals and convictions and unremitting efforts to struggle, and finally transformed the northern wasteland from a wasteland with a large wasteland, a herd of wild wolves, and inconvenient transportation into a northern wilderness with neat fields, smoke cooking, developed transportation, and a rich and beautiful life for people. The novel allows individuals and times to meet in the north, composing a moving chapter of the times.
——Critic Han Chuanxi
"Northland", People's Literature Publishing House, July 2021 edition
It was selected into the "China Good Books" Monthly List, the Central Propaganda Department's "Book Screening Centennial Great" Recommended Reading List, and the Chinese Edition Good Book List
Among the other works selected for the "2021 China Good Book", Hu Xuewen's "Yousheng" was selected in the "Contemporary Novel Selection" No. 1 in 2021; Lu Shan's "Bungee Jumping" was selected in the "Contemporary Novel Selection" No. 1 in 2022.
Thank you to all the writers and editors for their efforts, thank you to all the readers for their company, thank you for the literature to bring us together. "China's good book", we look forward to 2022 to achieve another good result!
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