July 2021
Jiangnan Sketch
by Wang Huiqi
This book collects chapters about small people from the author's large number of essays to form a distinctive collection of essays. These characters include the country grandfather who cooks tofu wonderfully, the retired father who "does not do it", the wife who still talks and laughs after breaking his leg, the teacher who paints for fun during the difficult years, and the editor mentor whom he met in writing when he was young. The tricycle driver who specially gave people away in the heavy rain, the second brother-in-law who was not right and the house was quite honest, the kind and honest friend of his hometown, Agen, the businessman and writer who loved books in his hometown, Xiao Jiang, and the enthusiastic and intelligent college classmate Lin Zhen who died prematurely, An amateur poet who loves literature in his youth, relatives from the countryside who hired a nanny, friends from the newspaper who started but failed to end his career, a working boy in Jingdezhen, and a housekeeper in the community. They are not big heads, big people, but their honest and simple work constitutes the foundation of society and creates a diverse life.
