Our Generation

1. No need to read in page order; start with familiar figures, then follow the thread to adjacent pages.
2. For each photograph, first note the figure's expression and setting, then read the accompanying text to appreciate the interplay of image and word.
3. Group the figures in the book by field—poetry, film, literature, music, art—to form your own network of portraits.
4. After finishing, return to the photographs with works from that era you know well to understand the relationship between the figures and their time.

Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House is a professional literary and art publishing institution. It mainly publishes books on contemporary and modern literature, foreign literature, poetry and prose, music and art, and literary theory. Judging from the books in the database, the house places considerable emphasis on classic works and foreign literature. Representative titles include Lu Xun's Call to Arms and Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk, Lao She's Camel Xiangzi, Xiao Hong's The Story of Hulan River, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, William Shakespeare's Hamlet, and Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha. Its translator resources include Deng Jiawan, Shi Zhongge, Du Yunci, and Zhu Shenghao. Common categories include social fiction, classic works, foreign literature, world classics, literary appreciation, and classical poetry, reflecting a publishing profile that balances Chinese and foreign literary classics with literary appreciation.