Short stories
月蘭
Not translated into English
Han Shaogong · 1979
Synopsis
In a village in Hunan, the narrator, a member of a work team sent to the countryside, looks back on what bound him to a peasant woman, Yuelan, a hardworking and devoted woman. He speaks of it in the tone of a confession, as of a person towards whom he feels at fault. The story draws, according to fx361, on what the author had seen of the villages of Miluo during his years as an educated youth.
Context
The story appeared in the fourth issue of 1979 of the journal Renmin wenxue; according to fx361, it had matured in 1978, the year of the author's admission through the university entrance examination, and was well received by the critics. Chinawriter places it in scar literature and notes the confessional tone of a narrator who regards Yuelan as a wretched woman. It gave its title to a collection published in 1981 by the Guangdong People's Publishing House. No French or English translation of it has been found, whereas the author is translated into French at Picquier, Gallimard and l'Aube.
Who it is for
A brief short story about remorse; it is not translated, but its author is widely translated into French.
Prizes and reception
The text that opened the national literary scene to its author, according to the study published on fx361.
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