Song of the Mountains
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Summary
The novel's language is lucid and graceful, its structure clear, its characters vividly drawn, and it also paints for readers a vibrant, colorful picture of social life in southwestern Henan.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- General readers who enjoy contemporary realist novels
- Readers interested in rural youth coming-of-age and urban-rural transformation
- Those who wish to experience the regional character of southwestern Henan through literary reading
- Secondary school language teachers seeking supplementary reading materials for courses
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer strong suspense and fast-paced genre fiction
- Readers accustomed to pure theory or academic monographs
Reading tips
- First map out the relationships among Zhao Sheng, Zhao Wang, and their peers before entering the main text.
- Read section by section, noting the correspondence between changes in the mountain village and the characters' choices.
- After finishing, briefly compare the two paths of "study changes destiny" and "returning home to strive."
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
- 上篇
- 一 311寝室
- 二 想起弟弟就觉得心里愧疚
- 三 好男儿志在四方
- 四 世界是多么小啊！
- 五 信已经发出去了，这可怎么办？
- 六 一封信把赵胜搅得魂不守舍
- 七 廖琳琳那个姑娘不错
- 八 哥，我能挣钱了，放心吧！
- 九 精神的作用是无法估量的！
- 十 回家看看
- 十一 老胖饭店
- 十二 眼前的一幕让她惊呆了……
- 十三 我不想去了，我想回家
- 十四 赵胜叩开了纱厂那家女主人的门
- 十五 赵旺决定还是再等等
- 十六 毛二蛋是个行家
- 十七 请客
- 十八 一纸举报信
- 十九 齐总，您太谦虚了！
- 二十 没有个好老爹，只有靠自己了！
- 二十一 孩子怎么会当不上学生会主席？
- 二十二 黄士楠心里空落落的！
- 二十三 五号货车
- 二十四 男人最好的装饰品是事业
- 二十五 聚会
- 二十六 激烈的讨论
- 二十七 我给你个锦囊妙计
- 二十八 祝你一路顺风
- 下篇
- 二十九 采访
- 三十 王镇长的脸红一阵青一阵的……
- 三十一 这个家伙误会上了赵胜
- 三十二 师傅出车祸了
- 三十三 污人清白
- 三十四 《关公扛大刀》
- 三十五 你占百分之五十的股份
- 三十六 唐老先又开始在村里转悠了
- 三十七 人家玉河镇不用，咱们用！
- 三十八 你富了，别忘了咱村
- 三十九 陪县长调研
- 四十 老牛坡来了个年轻人
- 四十一 一个人无论做多大事，都不能忘本
- 四十二 隔墙有耳
- 四十三 “五四”青年节到了
- 四十四 朱县长又安排下乡了
- 四十五 好，好，来客了好！
- 四十六 陶局长真是个大忽悠！
- 四十七 赵胜泪满眼眶
- 四十八 简直没有王法了
- 四十九 人家告的就是你
- 五十 他收到两个消息：一个坏消息，一个好消息
- 五十一 包在我身上，马上办！
- 五十二 我只希望还我清白，还我公道！
- 五十三 唐老先忽然眼睛一亮，说：有了！
- 五十四 真想回去重温旧梦
- 五十五 廖琳琳，你在哪里？
- 群山为琴 时代作歌
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About the author
Liu Yuanbin is an author about whom very limited public information is available. Only one work by him is currently included in the collection, the social novel Song of the Mountains. Since his dates of birth and death, nationality, educational background, and writing career cannot be verified, it is difficult to introduce his personal life; only this representative work can be briefly discussed. Song of the Mountains is classified as a social novel, a genre that typically takes social reality as its backdrop and focuses on the circumstances of ordinary people, the tensions in human relationships, and the impact of changing times on individual lives. It may therefore be inferred that the work tends to use narrative to convey observations and reflections on social reality rather than merely pursuing unusual plots. Although the number of works is small, it offers readers an entry point for understanding his narrative orientation. As for the specific content, characters, and artistic features of Song of the Mountains, further material is needed before any supplement can be made.
