At dawn

Douban

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Listen to this chain: how many sins! how many evils! and how many grievances, groping in the darkness, sliding on the frost.

"At Dawn" is a collection of short stories by Taiwanese writer Zhu Xining, featuring thirteen classic short stories, published in mainland China for the first time. The characters expand from the heroic heroes of "Iron Slurry" to ordinary citizens, contrasting the rural legends of northern Taiwan with the urban charm of Taiwan. Ancient Greek tragedy evolves into the mundane daily life and inner battles of ordinary people, presenting a more profound and modern landscape. "Spring Gone" explores the lingering emotions of a silk weaver on a spring day, "White Grave" commemorates the fall of a hero, "Grain Thief" mourns the decline of integrity, and "Also a Taste" explores the stream-of-consciousness musings of a married man. "Fucheng White Iron" tells the story of a family of four, depicting the cage-like stagnation of urban life and the weariness of life. The short story of the same name, adapted from the Song Dynasty vernacular novel "The Wrongful Execution of Cui Ning," directly explores the entanglement between man and the absurdity of fate. A shocking tragedy, it asks, "How does the process of degeneration begin for each of us?"

At dawn, the world is unforgiving, desire and regret, sin and guilt, intertwine and ebb, highlighting human existence, human desire, and human spirit. In "At Dawn," the robust and tragic style of northern Chinese literature remains, while exploring a rich range of modernist narratives, initiating an experiment in Taiwanese modernist writing.

2021-04-01

河南文艺出版社

Ideal Country

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9787555910893