One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences
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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.
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