Under the Same Roof
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Beschreibung
Under the Same Roof mainly focuses on the conflict between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law.
Bende is a hard-working, frugal, yet stubborn rural woman. Her husband died when her children were young, and she raised them single-handedly and found a wife for them. This daughter-in-law is also hardworking and filial, and according to her husband's wishes, she prepares delicious meals for her mother-in-law every day. The mother-in-law thus believes that the daughter-in-law is a greedy and extravagant person, which leads to misunderstandings and deepens the conflicts, culminating in the climax of the book. After the son failed to mediate between the two parties, the daughter-in-law followed her husband to work elsewhere, and the story ended. The story is set in rural life in eastern Zhejiang. This book describes the misunderstandings between a mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law living under the same roof due to differences in living habits and concepts, which eventually escalate into conflicts.
Autor*in
Luyan Wang
Wang Luyan (1901-1944), originally named Wang Heng, was born in Zhenhai, Zhejiang Province. He was a famous local novelist of the 1920s. In the early 1920s, he listened to Lu Xun's “History of Chinese Fiction” course at Peking University and was greatly benefited. When he started writing, he used the pen name “Lu Yan” to express his admiration for Lu Xun. In Wang Luyan’s mind and works, the local culture of eastern Zhejiang holds an important position. Wang Luyan's distinctive local realism was recognized by pioneers of the May Fourth New Literature such as Lu Xun and Mao Dun at that time, and later highly praised by literary historians. Yang Yi referred to him as “one of the most accomplished writers in the local realism genre” in the first volume of “History of Modern Chinese Novels”.
Themen in »Under the Same Roof«
Mother-in-law quarrel daily life