The Long River

This is a collection of Ma Jinlian’s short stories, including “The Long River”, “Sai Mai’s Courtyard”, “The Whistle of Willow Leaf”, ect. These stories, with its plain, natural narrative style, and subtle artistic technique, reveal the heaviness of reality and the capriciousness of destiny. In adopting the perspective of children, which she is good at, together with her expressions of inner feelings and special life experiences and cultural memories, Ma Jinlian shows her insight into human lives and her thoughts on human nature. These works are undoubtedly excellent ones among Chinese ethnic literature of the twenty-first century.