The Great Liao River/大辽河

The Great Liao River is a novel centered on the exploration of the origins of Chinese civilization.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿The unruliness and mystery, the abundance and barrenness, the impetuosity and stillness of rivers have made them one of literature's most enduring subjects in every era. If Qi Bangyuan's The Great River captures, through non-fiction, the most tragically heroic chapter of the Liao River's history, then Jin Zigu's The Great Liao River-through the sweeping grandeur of the novel form and the interplay of fact and fiction-presents eight stories set in different periods yet deeply interconnected, each drawing from and giving back to the Liao River its history, its culture, and its spirit. Like arrows clustered at a target, these tales unravel layer by layer from ancient times to the present, revealing the Liao River as a source of Chinese civilization.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿8¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿