呼蘭河傳
Tales of Hulan River
Xiao Hong 蕭紅 · 1911–1942
Librarian’s score8.8Claude · AI
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Xiao Hong finished this book in Hong Kong in 1940, remembering the small northeastern town of her childhood and her grandfather's garden. It has no single plot: seven chapters move from the town's mud pit and festivals to its neighbours and their cruelties, told in a child's clear, unhurried voice. Lyrical and unflinching at once, it is unlike any other Chinese novel.