乡谣

Wang Erxiang is a farmer in a countryside shaped by the old Wu culture. He is kind and sly, simple and shrewd, weak and stubborn, and he meets a life of hardship with a cheerful philosophy of his own. His story runs through his relationships with four women, and through it the novel looks at how Chinese farmers live today and asks what socialism has meant for them.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

425 pages in the original

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

China

First published

2002 by Writers Publishing House

ISBN

9787506324533 (original)