Ancient Ship

Ancient Ship Book Description Ancient Ship, the "cult" novel by Zhang Wei, one of China's greatest living writers, is one of the most talked about books of contemporary Chinese literature. Through the fictional northern town of Wali and its three major families (Sui, Li and Zhao), Zhang Wei writes about the founding of the People's Republic of China and its next 40 years. Although it was once a fertile riverside, the main source of income of the entire town of Wali, which is now looking for its old days, is provided by the noodle factory. However, the famine, land reform and industrial breakthrough after the revolution will also affect the families who have been living in this town for generations. The struggle for "survival" in Wali is actually the story of the entire People's Republic of China... In The Ancient Ship, Zhang Wei, who tells the forty-year story of three generations of three families, not in a linear way but in a circular and sometimes leaping way, explains the traditional attitude of the Chinese people towards life and He conveys his psychological changes in the face of post-revolutionary difficulties with extraordinary mastery. (From the Promotional Bulletin)