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Product Description Yellow River Flowing to East was awarded the 2nd Mao Dun Literature Prize. It tells about the fleeing KMT troops exploded Hua Yunkou dyke of Yellow River, causing more than 10 million people to suffer from this disaster. It tells about people's disaster and strife from 1938 to 1948, reflecting laboring people's suffering and the necessity to fight in the old China (before 1949). Review Yellow River Flowing to East tells about the early days of Second World War. The Japanese fascists invaded China, and the KMT government exploded Yellow River, trying to use water to withstand the Japanese aggressors. However, it flooded Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui, three provinces and over 40 counties, resulting in the suffering of over 10 million people and over 1 million casualties. --Yaru Hao About the Author "Li Zhun, was born in Luoyang, Henan province. In November 1953, he published his first short story, which was reposted by over 40 newspaper offices. His work Yellow River Flowing to East won the 2nd Mao Dun Literature Prize. And his other works include Wang Jieshi, The Biography of the Old Soldier, The Old Man and the Dog, etc."