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Hongfu runs away at night

Hongfu runs away at night

Wang Xiaobo
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Wang Xiaobo said, "Everyone likes fun. This is my unshakable belief in life. If there were no fun in this world, I would rather not live... 'Hong Fu Runs at Night' is about this."
"Hong Fu's Night Run" draws on the romantic affair between Li Jing, a great general at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and Hong Fu, a prostitute in Yang Su's household. It examines history through a modern lens, depicting the awkward position of intellectuals in an anti-intellectual society. In the complex interweaving of history and reality, fantasy and truth, the novel, while seemingly absurd, permeates a pervasive irony of reality and a yearning for freedom and playfulness. As Wang Xiaobo wrote in his preface, "I write about the heart, not the appearance; about the spirit, not the form."
Editor's recommendation:
Wang Xiaobo's classic masterpiece, commemorating the 20th anniversary of his death! "The Book of Fun," part of the Doubt Trilogy—"If there were no fun in this world, I'd rather not live."
Free and rational, eccentric, and blackly humorous, Wang Xiaobo's writings have inspired generations of young people like a fluttering banner for twenty years. Wang Xiaobo is a landscape that will never disappear in bookstores!
Exclusive authorization for all of Wang Xiaobo's works! Including never-before-seen manuscripts and numerous personal photos!
Teacher Li Yinhe personally proofread the entire manuscript and wrote a preface to recall her longing for Wang Xiaobo.
Wang Meng, Wang Shuo, Li Jingze, Zhang Yihe, Xu Zechen, Xu Haofeng, Mai Jia, Feng Tang, Chai Jing and many other famous literary figures have highly recommended this book and paid tribute to Wang Xiaobo.
【Celebrity Recommendation】:
In my mind, Xiaobo was a romantic knight, a wandering poet, and a freethinker. —Li Yinhe deeply misses Wang Xiaobo, a truly independent writer! —Zhang Yi and Wang Xiaobo once said, "At home, at work, and among people you know, you are treated as a person and respected. But in a place where no one knows you, you may be treated like an object. I want to be treated as a person, not an object, everywhere. That is dignity." —Chai Jing I read "The Golden Age" carefully. It's exceptionally good. It's fantastic. When writing these words, the author's mind was filled with pure literary thought, a single responsibility to literature. Yet, those words, composed of the simplest words, are not only imbued with poetic sentiment but also imbued with extremely dense, rich, nuanced, and profound messages about the times, society, and life, and revealing the mysteries of human nature. - Liu Xinwu After reading Wang's novels, you wonder if Wang Xiaobo is "really that bad?" ... He writes with such innocence, uninhibited playfulness, and a tendency to act wild and play pranks, with a certain "ruffian" quality... If you often see and feel the barrier of masks in some people's works, then his novels make you feel that he often wears a mask. - Wang Meng

Publication Date

2017-07-01

Publisher

北京十月文艺出版社

Imprint

New Classic Culture

Pages

312

ISBN

9787530216583
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