Walking
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who enjoy life essays and lyrical prose and seek a slow reading experience
- People who often commute or travel and need short texts to fill fragmented time
- Ordinary readers who hope to rediscover the meaning of life in daily trivialities
- Middle-aged readers who prefer a calm, restrained style and dislike strongly plotted narratives
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting tight plotting, strong conflict, or suspense
- Readers seeking professional knowledge or practical methodology
- Readers who prefer sharp argumentation or intellectually combative essays
Reading tips
- Read in the order of the six sections to appreciate the near-to-far, outward-to-inward arrangement.
- Read two or three pieces a day; there is no need to rush—leave room for afterthought.
- When you reach the sketches of people and the family section, jot down your own associations.
- Carry it when traveling; reading it in the gaps of a journey suits the book's theme.
About the publisher
Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House is a professional literature and art publisher. Judging from the books in the database, its publishing focus is on foreign literature, world classics, prose and miscellaneous writings, and classic works, while also covering literary appreciation and cultural reading. Representative titles include The Painter of Modern Life, Jane Eyre, Six Chapters of a Floating Life, The Moon and Sixpence, Selected Prose of Ji Xianlin, A Sportsman's Sketches, and Collected Prose of Famous Masters, involving Chinese and foreign authors such as Charles Baudelaire, Charlotte Brontë, Shen Fu, and W. Somerset Maugham, as well as translators including Guo Hong'an, Chen Jinhui, Jing Xing, and Jiao Haili. Overall, the press emphasizes the introduction of classic texts and the compilation of prose works, presenting a publishing profile centered on literary reading and cultural accumulation. As public information is limited, other aspects are not elaborated here.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 行走（代序）
- Part 1 家门口的旅行
- 家乡深处
- 童话·大寺基
- 坐看云起
- 桃源行
- 古道枫情
- 沙埠美食记
- 依恋
- 忧伤的遗址
- 走进砂地
- 半山人家
- 我的村姑生涯
- 味道·潮济
- 最后的日溪
- 天湖
- 天上的村庄
- 邂逅英盟
- 春天的英盟
- 一个人的村庄
- 遇见·苔湖岭
- 杳杳英山村
- 家园
- 角落里的大小浦
- 秋溯龙王溪
- 缥缈韦羌山
- 楠溪之春
- 韦羌赋
- part 2 遇见·西山下
- 缘起
- 三花
- 樱桃熟了
- 雨中·初夏
- 云香阿婆
- 石磨·豆腐
- 仲夏（2015）
- 初秋（2015）
- 春种（2016）
- 春日（2016）
- 樱桃季（2016）
- 春末（2016）
- 初夏（2016）
- 老卢
- 秋日（2016）
- 初冬（2016）
- 冬日（2016）
- 初春（2017）
- 春末（2017）
- 缘
- Part 3 在远方
- 海南记忆
- 行走版纳
- 边城腾冲
- 醉美天山行
- 北疆行
- Part 4 心情故事
- 往事
- 岁月有痕
- Part 5 人物素描
- 老萨其人
- 印象林SIR
- 大哥如风
- Part 6 我的家人
- 外公
- 外婆
- 外公与外婆
- 外公外婆与女儿们
- 母亲与姨妈们
- 我的兄弟姐妹
- 后记
FAQ
Is this book a novel or a collection of essays?
If I don't have long stretches of time, is it suitable for fragmented reading?
What exactly does the title "Walking" refer to?
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About the author
Lemon is a writer about whom public information in China is rather limited; the library holds one work by this author, the representative title Walking. Judging from the available information, the work falls under the category of prose and miscellaneous writings, and its subject matter corresponds to the title Walking, carrying the flavor of essays and travel notes. Because such basic details as the author's nationality, dates of birth and death, and English name are not clearly recorded, it is currently difficult to sketch a complete life and creative trajectory, and it would be inappropriate to speculate about the author's experiences. As far as the single surviving work is concerned, Lemon's writing is best understood within the broader context of prose and miscellaneous writings: using personal observation and narration as a thread, it unfolds reflections and thoughts amid everyday travels and fragments of life. Writing of this kind usually does not rely on plot but on tone, rhythm, and the authenticity of detail, seeking to convey a tangible personal experience through plain and unadorned language. For readers, Walking is currently the main entry point for understanding this author, and its value lies in recording, in simple strokes, what was seen and felt along the way, offering a plain and concrete example of this kind of essay writing.
