Heart-Scorching Love
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Summary
This novel collects five award-winning novellas and short stories by the author from recent years. In this book, you will see another face of love: the duty that cannot be shirked, the rush that abandons everything, the heart-wrenching letting go, the unrepentant support, and the longing that, no matter how many mountains and rivers you cross, still brings you back to the one beside you...
Editor's review
The novel's core tension lies not in an outlandish plot but in the violent storms within the characters. In the process of 'reclaiming' her own flesh and blood, the protagonist is forced to reexamine her past life choices, her marriage contract, and her definition of parental responsibility. This examination is cruel; it burns everyone's heart, yet it also brings the possibility of nirvana. The author's skill lies in refusing simple moral judgment and instead letting readers follow the characters' struggles and think together: under abnormal circumstances, in what forms can love and responsibility exist and grow?
The edition brought out by Henan Literature and Art Publishing House is elegantly bound, in harmony with the novel's restrained yet powerful textual style. The reading value of this book far exceeds a literary interpretation of a social topic. It is a psychological record of 'repair' and 'rebuilding,' suited to serious readers who are not satisfied with superficial emotional release and who long to explore the complex truths of life through literature. The questions it raises may have no standard answers, but the process of pondering them is itself a profound reading experience.
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in thinking about contemporary family ethical dilemmas
- Lovers of realist literature who prefer deep psychological portrayal and delicate writing
- Readers concerned with narratives that interweave social issues and individual fate
- Adults at a turning point in life or in the midst of reconstructing relationships, seeking resonance and reflection
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking light, sweet romance or fast-paced stories with strong plot
- Readers who want the novel to provide clear moral conclusions and a perfect ending
Reading tips
- Read in a relatively quiet, undisturbed environment so as to deeply experience the characters' psychological shifts.
- While reading, do not rush to look for a 'villain' or a 'guilty party'; try to understand the emotional logic and existential dilemmas behind each character's actions.
- After finishing, let it settle for a while and think about how the questions raised in the story connect with and illuminate your own life experience.
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
- 灼心之爱
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- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 把黑豆留下
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 浮生一日
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 回家的路
- 大立柜
- 寻找女画家雪儿
- 17：45
- 18：10
- 18：30
- 18：58
- 19：15
- 19：45
- 20：20
- 21：00
- 21：50
- 22：20
- 22：40
- 23：10
- 00：15
- 01：20
- 01：55
- 致谢
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About the author
Zhao Dahe is a Chinese-language author whose works span a notably wide range of subjects. Public information about him is limited, and his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly documented. The library currently holds eight of his works, including The Dwarf and the King, A Rose for Allan Poe, The Death Row Inmate and the Emperor, Love That Burns the Heart, The Great Magician, Our Road, You Can Fly, and The Burning Castle. These titles suggest writing that touches on Eastern philosophy, essays and miscellany, social fiction, and folk literature. He often builds narratives around historical figures, courts, and prisoners, weaving philosophical reflection into fictional stories, with a language that combines the lyricism of the essay with the dramatic tension of fiction. His output is modest in quantity but varied in subject, showing a willingness to move between popular and literary registers, and his work deserves readers' attention from multiple angles.
