A periscope on history

Fang's works

The View (1987)

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The book paved the road for Fang Fang's literary success. The story is about a family of nine children living in a shanty at the edge of Wuhan city since the 1950s. Poverty exposes the dark sides of life at the bottom of society.

Feng Shui (2007)

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Li Baoli, a woman in Wuhan, finds the goddess of luck has left her alone after she buys an apartment that is said to have bad feng shui. Her husband betrays her and commits suicide, inspiring hatred from their son. Fang looks at hardships for a woman who struggles with life's misfortune. The story was turned into a film in 2012.