Awakening from a Dream
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers living away from home who resonate with themes of hometown and belonging
- Lovers of lyrical prose who value the texture of language
- Those reflecting on how to settle the self amid migration and stability
- Readers seeking short, slow pieces to relax with
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer strong plot and fast-paced narrative
- Those expecting a systematic discussion of hometown culture or sociological analysis
- Readers impatient with lyrical, introspective prose
Reading tips
- Read one or two pieces each night in a quiet setting, giving emotions room to settle.
- Jot down your own fragments about home or foreign places wherever a passage moves you, setting them beside the author's.
- Carry it on a journey and let the travel mood illuminate the meaning of "awakening from a dream" in the book.
- No need to read in order; alternate pieces of stronger and weaker emotion to avoid prolonged immersion in melancholy.
About the publisher
Founded in August 1958 and restructured into Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. in 2009, Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House is known for publishing essays and fiction, and it hosts the journals Fiction Monthly and Essays. Its 757 titles in the library span classic works, culture, folk literature, essays and miscellaneous writings, foreign literature, and general biography. They include Lao She's Camel Xiangzi, Zhu Ziqing's selected essays and Classic Essays, Fu Lei's Twenty Lectures on Masterpieces of World Art, and a Chinese translation of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's Rashōmon, as well as cultural and performing-arts titles such as the illustrated Biography of Liang Qichao and A Dictionary of Crosstalk. Its authors include Lao She, Zhu Ziqing, Wu Qichang, Fu Lei, Xue Baokun, Gao Yucong, Wei Zhiqiang, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 寻找箍窑的人
- 第一辑 醒梦 故乡是一个醒着的梦
- 故乡给他乡抹上了厚土的底色
- 太行山的雾
- 水满平湖香满路
- 好好回家
- 岁月深处有一束光
- 旧院枣香
- 我也是我故乡的客人
- 生活的真相
- 桃核手串
- 丈量一座山的高度
- 父亲夜路上的光明
- 父亲还缺一双鞋
- 醒梦
- 第二辑 钩沉 落在浩瀚岁月里的尘
- 分月亮
- 初二姥姥初三姑
- 绿皮火车经过的村庄
- 记忆或传说
- 亲家开花襄黎多
- 半夜里想你总想哭
- 血脉里的女人
- 河上灯
- 檀木香
- 一把老镢头
- 赵树理和他的两个女房东
- 棠梨是个“小媳妇”
- 会说话的红旗
- 永远的山楂树
- 河水带走两岸，留下红色基因——“土落截击战”中鱼水情深
- 绣在军鞋上的红五星
- 第三辑 散章 有一条鱼在游
- 后窗之美
- 胡同深处
- 一帘山药豆
- 三个小球友
- 诗意在心
- 保重，我的姑娘们
- 盛大的告别
- 美丽的忧郁
- 酸楚的赞美
- 窗台上的喜鹊
- 称斤论两卖书
- 衡山路上的女孩
- 太阳出来了
- 喜鹊在枝头
- 药的七情六欲
- 夜香村
- 长在树上的口罩
- 醉倒在我梦里的水乡
- 又见打碗碗花开
- 找话说的老人
- 亲爱的昆山
- 青春所在的地方
- 第四辑 疏影 谁动了我的乡愁
- 书是一张还乡的车票
- 看得见的香气
- 窑洞
- 夜东湖
- 年蒸
- 乡香
- 炒米汤
- 向一株麦子忏悔
- 到黄浦江畔看山楂
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About the author
Wei Liruo is a contemporary Chinese author about whom limited public information is available. Details of her life, including dates of birth and death, place of origin, education, and writing career, remain unknown. The library holds one work by her, Awakening from a Dream (Xingmeng), which is classified as a classic work and serves as the main basis for understanding her writing. On the available evidence, Wei Liruo is not yet known for the quantity of her output; rather, she has come to readers' attention through a single work. The title Awakening from a Dream suggests a mutual reflection between dream and awakening, and readily evokes an attention to inner life and real circumstances. Owing to limited materials, however, her specific thematic concerns, narrative methods, and language style cannot yet be fully assessed. For researchers and readers alike, Wei Liruo remains an author awaiting fuller public information, and the actual influence and literary standing of her work require further observation on the basis of more complete materials.
