Left and Right
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Female readers who enjoy urban romance and fated reunion stories
- People in an emotional low who need a warm, healing reading experience
- Readers who resonate with themes of family upheaval and self-growth
- Readers who want an easy long novel to pursue over a weekend
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer serious literature or realist writing
- Readers sensitive to teacher-student romance, wealthy-family feuds, and similar setups
- Readers expecting pure suspense, mystery, or tightly logical deduction
Reading tips
- Read in chapter order first, noting how the timelines ten years apart correspond.
- Pause when a secret is revealed and look back at earlier foreshadowing and character motives.
- Compare the heroine's choices with your own situation and jot down two or three reactions.
- If the plot stirs you strongly, spread the reading over several days and avoid staying up late.
About the publisher
Founded in 1996, Henan Literature and Art Publishing House mainly publishes books on literature and art, social sciences and broadly cultural subjects, and also edits and publishes the journal Celebrity Biography, gradually forming a publishing style characterized by full-length historical novels and biographical literature. Judging from the 269 titles in the database, its publishing scope also covers mystery and detective fiction, foreign literature, classic works and world classics. Representative books include Ellery Queen's four tragedies, Slaughterhouse-Five, Blindness, The Siege of Lisbon, The History of the Siege of Lisbon, the ten-volume Collected Works of Wang Zengqi, Old Tales Retold and the two-volume Classic Short Stories of Stanisław Lem, the God of Science Fiction. In terms of authors, it includes foreign masters such as Kurt Vonnegut, José Saramago and Ellery Queen, as well as translators such as Yang Xi, Yu Jianhua and Fan Weixin.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 第一回 世间的所有相遇都是久别重逢
- 一 欲令智昏
- 二 心事滔滔
- 三 处心积虑
- 四 久别重逢
- 五 凌波微步
- 六 百味杂陈
- 七 惴惴不安
- 八 神光离合
- 九 悄然萌动
- 十 触绪还伤
- 十一 回首烟波
- 第二回 那是你的手 曾经轻轻安抚我眉头
- 一 败于无邪
- 二 暗潮汹涌
- 三 振翅欲飞
- 四 玄妙吊诡
- 五 如生如死
- 第三回 流波将月去 潮水带星来
- 一 落花沾襟
- 二 欲辩忘言
- 三 今朝往昔
- 四 互为默契
- 五 众醉独醒
- 六 各自归位
- 七 慧眼识珠
- 八 心生罅隙
- 九 初试牛刀
- 十 心随神外
- 十一 情终情始
- 第四回 纵使缘浅 奈何情深
- 一 缘死缘生
- 二 山呼海啸
- 三 明心见性
- 四 恍兮惚兮
- 五 低回怎忘
- 六 掬水映月
- 第五回 幸福不远 就在左右
- 一 流光飞舞
- 二 纵横交错
- 三 幸福给养
- 番外篇 瞬息浮生
- 后记 以梦为马
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About the author
Guo Ran is a modern romance author about whom relatively limited public information is available. Only one work by this author is currently included in the collection, the representative title Left and Right. As basic details such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and an English name remain unconfirmed, the existing material is not enough to sketch a full picture of the author's creative career or personal background, and only a brief note on the available work is possible. Judging from the classification of Left and Right as modern romance, Guo Ran's writing draws on contemporary urban life and centers on romantic relationships. The title itself suggests choice, hesitation, and dilemma, perhaps hinting that the story focuses on characters wavering between love and life decisions. Modern romance has long valued nuanced psychological portrayal and authentic everyday detail, and Guo Ran's work can be understood within this tradition. Given the limited number of works, a full assessment of the author's style, reader response, and influence is difficult, and further public information and publications are needed for confirmation.
