The Field of Life and Death
novel by Xiao Hong
Also known as: “Shengsichang”
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The Field of Life and Death is a novel by Chinese writer Xiao Hong, published in 1935. The novel is set in northeastern China during the 1930s and offers a depiction of the lives and struggles of ordinary people in that region. Xiao Hong wrote the novel while living in Qingdao and it was published with the assistance of the renowned writer Lu Xun, who praised its observational detail. The book garnered significant attention from literary circles upon its release.1
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