The Deep Imperial City
Xu ZechenPub date January 2017
Original publisher People's Literature Publishing House (China)
International publishers Chiu Ko Publishing Co., Ltd (Taiwan)
In this 89-page novella, Xu Zechen explores life in present-day Beijing through the tale of an experimental playwright, Yu Songpo, who faces criticism for his latest, highly controversial work and is also exposed for a crime he committed many years earlier. Symbolic of man’s “internal struggle with darkness”, an impenetrable smog hangs over Beijing, lifting only as the protagonist meets his downfall…
