One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences

One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences ^[1] is a novel written by Liu Zhenyun from 2006 to 2008. ^[2] It was awarded the Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2011. ^[3]

It depicts the futility of a search for love among a group of lower class people over the span of two generations. ^{[4] : 199} Although the character's lives are boisterous, they experience profound loneliness. ^{[4] : 199}

The phrase "One Sentence for ten thousand sentences" frames the novel and is a quotation from Lin Biao shortly before the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. ^{[4] : 199}

The novel has been adapted into a 2016 film Someone to Talk To , directed by Liu Zhenyun's daughter Liu Yulin.

References

1. Liu, Zhenyun. One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences. Changjiang Literature and Art Press. ISBN   7535439764.
2. 刘震云 (March 2009). Yi ju ding yi wan ju一句顶一万句 (in Chinese). 武汉: 长江文艺出版社. p.  362页. ISBN   978-7-5354-3976-5.
3. 张中江 (2011-08-20). 刘震云莫言等5人作品获第八届茅盾文学奖. 网易新闻 (in Chinese). 中国新闻社. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
4. Wang, David Der-wei (2016). "Red Legacies in Fiction". In Li, Jie; Zhang, Enhua (eds.). Red Legacies in China: Cultural Afterlives of the Communist Revolution. Harvard Contemporary China Series. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Center. ISBN   978-0-674-73718-1.