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    Nothing But the Now: Seven Short Stories by WEN Zhen
    The Selected Stories of Xu Zechen: Plum Rain and Other Works
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    Bridge21 Contemporary Chinese Literature Series

    By Xu Zechen and Zhen Wen

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    Nothing but the Now is a collection of seven stories, most of them about chance encounters in the world, the consequences of greed and temptation, the inescapable past, and moral dilemmas that seem to be tailored to each character’s flaws and foibles. The book explores the larger and more fundamental issues of life, death, love, and desire, and further interrogates the inter-relationships between the individual, the other, and the world. Each character in the stories must struggle to understand the meaning of his or her encounters and translate them into gains in their lives if they are to truly grow and arrive at themselves.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBridge 21 Publications
    Release dateMay 5, 2023
    Nothing But the Now: Seven Short Stories by WEN Zhen
    The Selected Stories of Xu Zechen: Plum Rain and Other Works

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      The Selected Stories of Xu Zechen: Plum Rain and Other Works
      The Selected Stories of Xu Zechen: Plum Rain and Other Works

      The Selected Stories of Xu Zechen: Plum Rain and Other Works

      Xu Zechen
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      This book contains six works that each reflect the different styles of the author in each period of his work, paying attention to men of low status, memories of childhood, campus life, and the living conditions of Beijing’s drifters. Told in a straightforward manner, all the stories in this book are told in the first person and can be regarded together as a spiritual autobiography. Xu Zechen won the sixth Lu Xun Literature Award for short stories, and short stories have always been the focus and intention of his creation.

      This book contains six works that each reflect the different styles of the author in each period of his work, paying attention to men of low status, memories of childhood, campus life, and the living conditions of Beijing’s drifters. Told in a straightforward manner, all the stories in this book are told in the first person and can be regarded together as a spiritual autobiography. Xu Zechen won the sixth Lu Xun Literature Award for short stories, and short stories have always been the focus and intention of his creation.

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      Nothing But the Now: Seven Short Stories by WEN Zhen
      Nothing But the Now: Seven Short Stories by WEN Zhen

      Nothing But the Now: Seven Short Stories by WEN Zhen

      Zhen Wen
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      Nothing but the Now is a collection of seven stories, most of them about chance encounters in the world, the consequences of greed and temptation, the inescapable past, and moral dilemmas that seem to be tailored to each character’s flaws and foibles. The book explores the larger and more fundamental issues of life, death, love, and desire, and further interrogates the inter-relationships between the individual, the other, and the world. Each character in the stories must struggle to understand the meaning of his or her encounters and translate them into gains in their lives if they are to truly grow and arrive at themselves.

      Nothing but the Now is a collection of seven stories, most of them about chance encounters in the world, the consequences of greed and temptation, the inescapable past, and moral dilemmas that seem to be tailored to each character’s flaws and foibles. The book explores the larger and more fundamental issues of life, death, love, and desire, and further interrogates the inter-relationships between the individual, the other, and the world. Each character in the stories must struggle to understand the meaning of his or her encounters and translate them into gains in their lives if they are to truly grow and arrive at themselves.

    Author

    Xu Zechen

    Xu Zechen is considered one of the best of China’s writers born in the 1970s. Author of the novels Running Through Beijing, Midnight's Door, Night Train, and Heaven on Earth, he was selected by People's Literature as one of the "Future 20" best Chinese writers under 41. The recipient of numerous awards and honors including the sixth Lu Xun Literature Award for short stories, he was born in Jiangsu and now lives in Beijing.

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