- Mao Dun Literature Prize 2008 · Winner
The Sons of Red Lake
湖光山色 · Hu guang shan se
Zhou Daxin (周大新, born 1952)
Translated by Haiwang Yuan, Thomas Bray
English editions
In EnglishThe Sons of Red Lake
Sinoist Books · United Kingdom · 28 January 2022 · Hardcover · 390 pages
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Chu Nuannuan comes home to Chuwang village with nothing after two years of work in Beijing. She refuses the brother of the domineering village head Zhan Shideng and marries Kuang Kaitian, a poor young villager. The couple struggle to pay off a debt from a batch of fake weedkiller, until the interest of an old archaeologist in the ancient Chu wall shows Nuannuan where money can be made. They build guest rooms, then a tourist business on the lake, and Nuannuan turns the temple and the lake into attractions; Kaitian defeats Zhan to become village head. As money and power grow, so do their desires.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Love, Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- China
- First published
- 2006 by Writers Publishing House
- Author's age
- 54 when first published
- ISBN
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9781838905439 (Sinoist Books, United Kingdom)