361 pages
Chinese language
Published March 25, 1981 by Yuan Jing.
361 pages
Chinese language
Published March 25, 1981 by Yuan Jing.
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.