The Evil Son is the only novel written by Bai Xianyong, a contemporary literary writer in China, and it was published in 1983. 1988 issued in Chinese mainland; The French version and the English version were published in 1985 and 1989 respectively. The villain not only describes the inner struggle of the protagonist Li Qing, his feelings and conflicts with divorced parents and mainstream society, but also describes how a group of gay men wandering in the new park struggle to survive in life, desire and social prejudice. In addition to the characters, the author also described the social features of Taiwan Province Province in the 1970s, especially the gay community centered on Taipei New Park. As Mr. Bai Xianyong said: "In" Evil Son ",I mainly wrote about the relationship between father and son, which expanded into: the attitude and value of the father representing China society, and the attitude towards the next generation and gay children-the conflict between father and son is actually a conflict between individuals and society. The plot of this drama describes how the protagonist Li Qing was expelled from school because of having an affair with his classmates, and was kicked out of the house by his father, a veteran who had been expecting him to enter the military school. After the death of his mother and brother, he was exiled by his family and school, and even inadvertently entered dark kingdom around the lotus pond in the "new park", made many friends who supported each other, and launched a series of psychological processes to pursue emotional sustenance with people around him. The main axis of the story not only describes how the ego struggled with the contradictions and conflicts of values of individuals, families and social groups in the depression era of the 1970s through the young but precocious protagonist Li Qing. It also depicts the life course of several protagonists in an environment full of noise, sympathy, pity and helplessness, how to struggle and sway in survival, desire and regret, and finally get redemption. The plot is also in the lively atmosphere of firecrackers on New Year's Eve. The protagonist Li Qing faces the cold current and shouts the military training password, ending on the way to the future. European cultural circles have commented that "Evil Son" is "an opera that studies sadness into gold powder". In the play, characters experience shows affection, friendship, love and human struggle and regret, and the plot of final salvation and hope is the main spirit of Ben. 2007-04-1222: 41:23 supplement: French book critic Hugo? Marcin commented on Bai Xianyong's Evil Son in Le Monde, the largest French newspaper, praising the novel as an opera that grinds sadness into gold powder. Marcin described "The Son of Evil" as "shocking". It had a tense and intense legend, but it didn't impose an optimistic ending. The charm of Evil Son lies not only in the touching plot, but also in the author's writing style, which is rich and disturbing, like a rising river. He recorded the real atmosphere poetically and changed it with the veil of a dream-like night. 2007-04-122: 41:50 supplement: Marcin thinks that Bai Xianyong describes a marginal world, which is on the verge of being accepted: "Our kingdom has an ambiguous history. I don't know who founded it or when it started, but in our extremely secret and illegal country. Marcin emphasized that Bai Xianyong was a real writer, and Evil Son was an outstanding novel in an era when psychoanalytic works were scarce.

Yes, it's a very famous literary work. On the author's family decline.

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