"The Sparrow Record"won the ninth Mao Dun Literature Prize and is considered by Su Tong as his"signature"work.In"The Sparrow Record,"the author uses Xiangchun Street as the spa-tial setting for the characters'activities,unfolding the narrative around the spiritual landscapes of fig-ures such as the grandfather,Baoyun,the fairy,and Liu Sheng,vividly showcasing a variety of human desires.This deconstructs the spiritual abyss of the confined and troubled lives in the city.At the same time,the novel also uses the Jingting Hospital and the water tower,two spatial landmarks with rich metaphorical connotations,as well as specific images like ropes,flashlights,and photographs,to free-ly switch narrative perspectives.Thus,it paints a series of social portraits of selfishness and indiffer-ence,worship of power,and mutual harm among the weak,thereby achieving narrative depth in social critique and reflection on human nature.
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