Background
Li Guowen was born on August 24, 1930 in Shanghai, China.
( Volume 1. How many decades does a man have to run to ex...)
Volume 1. How many decades does a man have to run to extricate himself from the consequences of a troubled past? A guerrilla act many years ago still has repercussions for Yu Erlong and his family, colleagues and rivals. From the death of a comrade 30 years ago, to family life and political rivalries, Yu Erlong strives to be fair and just, even when others have less honourable intentions, motivated by personalities and acts separated by many decades. The struggle of a grandfather and grandson to capture a prized red carp mirrors the battle of wits needed when encountering adversaries who reappear after many years. The memories of Luhua, the love he lost, the new life he makes for himself around Stone lake, his friends and his foes, are all beautifully choreographed in Spring in Winter. Spring in Winter, originally published in Chinese in 1981 when it won the prestigious ‘Mao Dun Literature Prize’, was one of the first novels in China to use the ‘stream of consciousness technique’ more often seen in Western literature. Author Li Guowen interweaves his enchanting tale against the dramatic backdrop of decades of struggle and fighting that prevailed in China from 1937 until after the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976.
https://www.amazon.com/Spring-Winter-1-Guowen-Li/dp/1910760382/?tag=2022091-20
(Volume 2 (The Spring in Winter Series) Following heroic ...)
Volume 2 (The Spring in Winter Series) Following heroic victories on the battlefield, a former soldier faces his greatest challenge from the enemy within. Yu Erlong, a veteran guerrilla captain of the Chinese Communist Party, returns to a remote place to confront his past. Stone lake was where he grew up in poverty on a fishing boat and then fought against the Kuomintang and the Japanese for control of his motherland. It was also the scene of the shooting of his beloved wife, Luhua. Thirty years after that cowardly murder, Erlong, with flowers in hand, is determined to find Luhua’s remains and solve the mystery of who pulled the trigger. The second volume of Li Guowen’s award-winning Spring in Winter explores a web of personal relationships against the backdrop of four decades of tumultuous political change in China, from the civil war in the 1930s to the end of the Cultural Revolution in the 1970s.
https://www.amazon.com/Spring-Winter-2/dp/1910760412/?tag=2022091-20
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Chinese Edition
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Li Guowen was born on August 24, 1930 in Shanghai, China.
In 1947, Li Guowen was accepted to Nanjing Academy of Drama and graduated in 1949. After graduation, Li went to Beijing and he entered North China University of Technology.
When the Korean War broke out in 1950, Li Guowen joined the People's Liberation Army, he went to North Korea and served as a writer in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Naval Song and Dance Troupe, after the war, Li returned to Beijing, he worked in China Railway Federation of Trade Union (中国铁路总工会) as an editor. In July 1957, Li published his short story Re-election (《改选》) in People's Literature (《人民文学》), then he was divided into right winger, and he was sent to a construction plant to work. In 1978, Li joined the China Railway Song and Dance Troupe (中国铁路文工团). Li joined the China Writers Association in 1982.
(Volume 2 (The Spring in Winter Series) Following heroic ...)
(Chinese Edition)
( Volume 1. How many decades does a man have to run to ex...)
Li Guowen joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1983.
