375 pages
Chinese language
Published 2000 by Shu hua chu ban shi ye you xian gong si.
375 pages
Chinese language
Published 2000 by Shu hua chu ban shi ye you xian gong si.
In many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into four parts, the author relates the same episodes from four different viewpoints, using a different style for each. The story concerns various members of a Southern family, once wealthy landowners but now struggling to maintain their reputation.