Sahelian Wilderness
About This Novel
Zhu Shanshan's latest short story collection "Sahel Wasteland", from the wild and jungle southern China to the dangerous and boundless African grassland, nine novels with growth potential are connected into a road movie through the wilderness. The Rwandan female nurse who went to China for love, the photojournalist who was afraid of lightning all her life but chased it crazily, the female depression patient who could only hide in the dark and sing all night long, the sixty-year-old man who spent his whole life waiting for his first love... Everyone is in the wilderness, and wilderness is everywhere. Who can truly travel through the wilderness and encounter the prosperity and strangeness in the distance?
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Sahel wasteland, a wasteland of searching and waiting
A novel full of romance, novelty and imagination Same as "Night Submarine" After reading it, I find it refreshing The wasteland mentioned many times in the novel is not only a geographical wasteland, but also a spiritual, soulful and unique spiritual homeland. It may be related to the author's professional experience and life experience Many characters in the novel are about civil servants, that is, public officials in museums, art galleries, cultural centers, etc. It also describes the daily life of these clerks, curators, and leading cadres in detail, which is very interesting to read. Another one is the description of female characters, which are somewhat flat and facially made. They are all fair-skinned and tall beauties. The focus of the descriptions is on the psychological changes of male characters, life dilemmas and struggles, etc., And lacks in-depth description and exploration of female psychology. Finally, the first three articles are very interesting. They focus on the vast and dangerous land of Africa and have an exotic flavor in them. For example, they include African aid doctors, desert camels, Somalia, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc. They are very novel to read and are not found in most best-selling novels. The author probably likes furniture very much. In at least two novels, furniture is an important protagonist. A bed or a sofa can trigger endless associations and form an interesting story. All in all, it's a pretty good work, suitable for reading to pass the time. Rating 7.5 ()
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Official(1)Scraped 3d ago
Sahel wasteland, a wasteland of searching and waiting
A novel full of romance, novelty and imagination Same as "Night Submarine" After reading it, I find it refreshing The wasteland mentioned many times in the novel is not only a geographical wasteland, but also a spiritual, soulful and unique spiritual homeland. It may be related to the author's professional experience and life experience Many characters in the novel are about civil servants, that is, public officials in museums, art galleries, cultural centers, etc. It also describes the daily life of these clerks, curators, and leading cadres in detail, which is very interesting to read. Another one is the description of female characters, which are somewhat flat and facially made. They are all fair-skinned and tall beauties. The focus of the descriptions is on the psychological changes of male characters, life dilemmas and struggles, etc., And lacks in-depth description and exploration of female psychology. Finally, the first three articles are very interesting. They focus on the vast and dangerous land of Africa and have an exotic flavor in them. For example, they include African aid doctors, desert camels, Somalia, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc. They are very novel to read and are not found in most best-selling novels. The author probably likes furniture very much. In at least two novels, furniture is an important protagonist. A bed or a sofa can trigger endless associations and form an interesting story. All in all, it's a pretty good work, suitable for reading to pass the time. Rating 7.5 ()
