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 (2009). One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences. Changjiang Literature and Art Press. ISBN   978-7535439765.
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.