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Warmth

Rating 3.4
Word count
122K words
Chapters
65
ISBN
9787539673059

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Summary

This collection of essays by an educator is divided into three parts—"Fiction," "Poetry," and "Prose"—and includes pieces such as "Warmth," "The World Beneath Your Feet," and "Honeysuckle." The author observes life closely and depicts nature vividly, viewing teacher-student and student-student relationships through an educator's eyes. With delicate strokes she renders warm emotions, celebrating the beauty of nature, of human nature, and of the times, offering readers warm inspiration and aesthetic pleasure.

Editor's review

Warmth is a moving work of温情 realism by the writer Ye Moju, published by Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House. With delicate strokes and deep humanistic care, it sketches a picture of resilience and warmth in ordinary life. Ye Moju is not a hot commercial author, but her solid craft and gift for discerning human nature in small details give ordinary stories a piercing power. The book's core value lies in its refusal to sensationalize suffering or manufacture dramatic conflict; instead, through an almost documentary calm, it shows characters making choices, holding fast, and consoling one another amid changing times and life's hardships. This restrained emotional expression makes the warmth flowing through the lines more real and lasting. For readers weary of fast-food thrillers who long to settle their minds in reading and feel the temperature of language itself, Warmth offers a rare immersive experience. Its themes—family, responsibility, forgetting and remembrance—resonate universally and invite readers to reflect on their own lives and emotional bonds. Literarily, its structure is steady and its language plain yet evocative, reflecting the author's fidelity to traditional narrative aesthetics.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Literary readers who value truth revealed in the ordinary and relish close attention to life's details
  • Those seeking emotional solace and inner calm through reading
  • Readers interested in family ethics and intergenerational relationships
  • Readers who appreciate a plain, restrained Chinese prose style that lingers in the mind

Not a good fit for

  • Readers who crave strong plotting, fast pacing, and violent dramatic conflict
  • Readers drawn to experimental or avant-garde literature

Reading tips

  1. Read it in a quiet, undisturbed setting, preferably in long sittings, to better immerse yourself in its atmosphere and rhythm.
  2. Pay attention to how the author reveals character and relationships through everyday dialogue and small gestures—this is where the book's essence lies.
  3. After finishing, pause to reflect on the choices the characters face and how they mirror your own life; you may find something extra.

About the publisher

Founded in 1984, Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House is a professional literary and art publisher. Its collection of 389 titles spans classic works, essays and miscellaneous writings, Eastern philosophy, folk literature, classical literature and design. Representative books include Lao She's Camel Xiangzi, Laozi's Dao De Jing, Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the Shakespeare drama collection featuring Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and Othello, with Zhu Shenghao's translations adding luster to the series. Its author resources range from classic Chinese and foreign writers such as Lao She, Laozi, Luo Guanzhong and William Shakespeare to translators and authors including Zhu Shenghao, Li Chensen and Liang Sicheng. The publisher is characterized by its balance of Chinese and foreign literary classics with traditional culture titles, combining scholarly value with popular reading. Public information is limited, and the above is based mainly on the books in the collection.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 自序:暖
  3. 小说
  4. 暖
  5. 罟老师,你缺席了
  6. 网
  7. 吻
  8. 心声
  9. 散文
  10. 致母亲
  11. 退休
  12. 感动在,希望在,未来在
  13. 青春做伴真好
  14. 你好吗
  15. 忍冬
  16. 老屋
  17. 像与不像
  18. 思念有声
  19. 最后的陪伴
  20. 想家
  21. 立碑
  22. 生日
  23. 让
  24. 不想他长大
  25. 听歌
  26. 脸与手
  27. 偶得
  28. 枕芯
  29. 风筝
  30. 紫色的小花
  31. 杨花
  32. 落叶
  33. 天籁
  34. 银杏
  35. 文竹
  36. 喷泉
  37. 雪
  38. 筛时光
  39. 炒锅
  40. 棒槌声声
  41. 火塘记忆
  42. 野菊花
  43. 她有错吗
  44. 一朵别样的花
  45. 致敬老兵
  46. 终未与其合影
  47. 山那边有海
  48. 请到天涯海角来
  49. 雅丹
  50. 可遇不可求
  51. 日落日出
  52. 众沙恋月
  53. 天空之镜
  54. 抬眼望到美
  55. 梦幻乡村
  56. 枇杷花开
  57. 蟹爪兰
  58. 脚下有乾坤
  59. 味蕾上的哲学
  60. 惊蛰
  61. 空
  62. 不止梅花
  63. 看花
  64. 石
  65. 酝酿

FAQ

What is the setting and main plot of this book?
Warmth centers on an ordinary family's partings, reunions, and endurance as times change. Told through multiple members' perspectives, it recounts a story of understanding, sacrifice, and reconciliation, spanning decades and closely rooted in the real texture of contemporary Chinese society.
What other works has Ye Moju written?
Ye Moju is a writer of fairly consistent style; besides Warmth, she has published works including Ordinary, continuing to focus on the living conditions and emotional worlds of ordinary people.
How difficult is this book to read?
The language is plain and fluent, with no complex narrative techniques or obscure vocabulary, but the emotional expression is subtle and restrained, requiring some patience and empathy from the reader to savor.

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About the author

野墨菊 Author

Ye Moju is an author about whom relatively limited public information is currently available; only one work by this author, Nuan (Warmth), is included in the collection. Judging from the existing information, this work is classified as a classic, suggesting that its subject matter and style carry a distinct literary quality rather than pursuing length or topical appeal through popular writing. The title Nuan itself conveys a gentle, restrained temperament, hinting that the work may revolve around human relationships, everyday life, or emotional experience, conveying warmth through delicate strokes. Because the author's biography, nationality, and creative background are not clearly recorded, it is difficult to trace the writing career in more detail, and it would be inappropriate to speculate about identity or experience. As for the surviving work, what deserves attention is the calm style and emotional restraint presented in the text: it does not rely on intense plot conflicts but tends to leave an aftertaste within plain narration. For readers, Ye Moju currently appears more like a writer represented by a single work, and Nuan thus becomes the main entry point for understanding the author's textual appearance.

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