Hua Gu Books
Gu Hua's writing centers on rural life in the mountainous regions of southern Hunan, an area he knew intimately. His novels offer profound explorations of human experience and societal shifts. Through a style often characterized as realistic with poetic undertones, he captures the complexities of country living. His works provide deep insight into people's lives and their resilience amidst historical currents.
A Small Town Called Hibiscus
- 260 pages
- 10 hours of reading
A Small Town Called Hibiscus is one of the best Chinese novels to have appeared in 1981. Its author Gu Hua was brought up in the Wuling Mountains of south Hunan. He presents the ups and downs of some families in a small mountain town there during the hard years in the early sixties, the ôcultural revolution,ö and after the downfall of the ôgang of four.ö He shows the horrifying impact on decent, hard-working people of the gangÆs ultra-Left line, and retains a sense of humor in describing the most harrowing incidents. In the end wrongs are righted, and readers are left with a deepened understanding of this abnormal period in Chinese history and the sterling qualities of the Chinese people.
