Wang Anyi Collecion - Top 60 of the century literature (Chinese Edition)

Wang Anyi is a contemporary female writer with special charateristics. In the later period of last 1990s, she created some short stories, the first fwo book,""Bengbu"" and ""Start from the dark night"" have had a great influence.She pushed the backgroud of her short writings decades before our of people's reading reference system. ""Bangbu"" obviously attracted some experiences from the old voyages of Chinese historical books, a small town occupies the most part of this novel, and the geographical location, economic traits, stations, wharfs, bathrooms, inns as well as family life were carefully displayed in the book. It can be called as ""Geography voyage"" or ""Custom voyage"", but you will have a feeling of sorrow and reminiscence after reading it through. Although Bangbu has taken the most part of the novel, it gradually turns into the background of a special time and space. People related to Bangbu's life in 1970s came out from the plot's cracks. They are the real subject of the work. ""Start from the dark night"" is also a piece of work breaks in form. It doubts and abolishes some of our classical concepts about the short stories. No plots here neither the definite narrating environment, only a narrator ""I"" floating in the language easily. The novel has a unique imagination and the narartion is erratically, it can be called unique even in the experimental stories at the end of 1980s.