书目

TheAncientShip

内容简介

Originallypublishedin1987,twoyearsbeforetheTiananmenSquareprotests,ZhangWei'saward-winningnovelisthestoryofthreegenerationsoftheSui,Zhao,andLifamilieslivinginthefictionalnortherntownofWaliduringChina'stroubledpostliberationyears.SpanningfourdecadesfollowingthecreationofthePeople'sRepublicin1949,TheAncientShipisaboldexaminationofasocietyinturmoil,thestruggleofoppressedpeopletocontroltheirownfate,andtheclashbetweentraditionandmodernization.Inthecourseofthenarrative,thetownspeopleofWalifacethemomentsthathavedefinedChina'shistoryduringthelatterpartofthetwentiethcentury:thelandreformprograms,thefamineof1959-1961,theGreatLeapForward,theAnti-RightistCampaign,andtheCulturalRevolution.TranslatedintoEnglishfortheveryfirsttime,TheAncientShipisarevolutionaryworkofChinesefictionthatspeakstopeopleacrosstheglobe.

作者简介

ZhangWeiisamemberoftheChineseWritersAssociation,anorganizationforwhichhehasservedasthevice-chairmanoftheShandongbranch.Heisoneofthemostwidelyrespectedfictionwritersofthepost-Maoera,andhelivesinBeijing.

丛书

HarperperennialModernChineseClassics

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