Zhang Ping 
Live Again 

Wei Honggang, secretary of the Yanmen Municipal Party Committee, was taken away by the Commission for Discipline Inspection at the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, which caused a great uproar in the city. The accident brought great difficulties to Wei”s sister Wei Hongzhi and her husband Wu Xiang. Their daughter Mianmian was going to drop out of school and Wei Hongzhi, who had been righteously disciplined, was under an organization investigation. Wei Honggang”s son Dingding left school and disappeared and Wei Hongzhi”s old mother fell ill and never recover when their painstakingly managed family faced a brutal demolition. The story focuses on the experience of Wei Hongzhi”s family and accommodates dazzling social phenomena and thought-provoking concerns of the times. It covers topics of common concerns such as anti-corruption struggle, education reform, medical reform, and urban transformation. With its unique literary pursuit and artistic aesthetics, the novel tactfully analyzes and weaves the complex psychological motives of the characters. It shows the talent of Zhang Ping, the "people”s writer", who is more proficient in political thinking and more skillful in constructing the novel”s structure. After 14 years, it is another realist work by writer Zhang Ping following the Ambush on All Sides, Choice, and National Cadres. In the work, he naturally and skillfully expressed his deepest concerns for the people with full artistic passion.