On the Influence of Childhood Experience on SU long's Fiction Creation

The fiction of Su Tong, a young author, has aroused a lot of attention. Born in Suzhou, an ancient city south of the Yangtze River, Su Tong has experienced a lonely and companionless childhood, developing a never unraveled hometown complex about Yangzhong County where his forefathers lived. Though feeble and sick in body, he has developed perceptive insight, abundant imagination and peculiar taste. All this has a profound impact on his fiction creation, attributing to his creative story-telling style, which is reflected in various ways in his works. His childhood experience has tremendous influence on the four themes of his works, including his rouge and powder, maple and poplar, Toon Street, and court life series.