In 1933, on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, dark clouds hung over Shanghai. A clandestine meeting was suddenly raided, and half of those in attendance were arrested. At this critical moment, Chen Qianli was entrusted with an urgent mission: to regroup the remaining members and carry on a top-secret operation. Right before the public’s eyes, a perilous transfer—one whose existence had already been deliberately leaked in advance—was set into motion.
A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains is the latest novel by acclaimed writer Sun Ganlu. Drawing upon the Shanghai of the 1930s, the novel recovers a hidden yet momentous historical episode, reimagining and portraying it through the lens of literature. With clay shaped into bone and mud transformed into flesh, the author reconstructs the idealists scattered and buried beneath the dust of history, restoring both their spirit and humanity as they step into the heart of a turbulent age.
They are fathers, lovers, and brothers. In the deepest darkness of night, they embark on a voyage whose destination cannot be foreseen. In the loneliest and darkest hour, what a person chooses to see—and is willing to see—ultimately determines the kind of person they become.
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