圣天门口

Tianmenkou is a small town at the foot of a mountain called Tiantang, in the Dabie Mountains of eastern Hubei. Two great families live there: the Xues, refined and generous to the poor, and the Hangs, descended from a military graduate of the imperial examinations, whose men are all bold fighters and the talk of the town's women. The families have old grudges but mostly keep the peace, and the townsfolk both fear them and rely on their protection. Days pass with the flow of the West River, the storytellers' tales and the gossip about the Hang men's love affairs. Then the upheavals of the twentieth century reach the town, and several generations of Xue women meet each new era, and the people it brings, with endurance and gentleness.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Historical, Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

China, 20th century

First published

2005 by People's Literature Publishing House

Author's age

49 when first published