Fine Dust
by Chen Nianxi
About This Novel
I have seen so much misfortune that I have never been depressed. --Chen Nianxi. This book contains 21 original non-fiction essays by Chen Nianxi. The book tells the story of a group of ordinary and simple workers. They are blasters, stone movers, country carpenters, farmers, farm women, small workshop owners... And the writer's own story runs throughout: blasting rocks five kilometers underground, raising a family amidst the smoke and roar, writing poems in work sheds and in the mountains, recording the explosion and silence of fate. Although they have gone through the hardships of life, they are simple and tough, and they calmly tell life themes about family, love, death, and desire... This is a book of life and a book of death. In the final analysis, it is a book of life. What does the world look like? What is life like? In my feeling, except for the long and ubiquitous wind, the rest is dust. We rush around in it, trying to stand firm, but most of the time we stagger around and can't help ourselves.
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"Motes", as the name suggests, are very small existences in the vast world, and they are countless ordinary individuals. Chen Nianxi is a miner poet who has been writing for many years and has won many poetry awards. The author uses his poetic and delicate language to tell the story of a group of small people, which is heavy but tender, ordinary but particularly touching. He comes from the bottom of society, and most of what he describes is himself or the people related to his life, his family, relatives, friends or co-workers. Like the author, they are all people from the bottom of society and live ordinary lives. These characters have thousands of faces. They have their own ideals and their own happiness. They may have been very prosperous, or they may have always been humble, but most of the time they were drowned in the tide of society. The description of death is always light in the author's writing. The end of life no longer requires a lament, but is just a phenomenon, perhaps a result, or even a small amount of compensation. When life can be measured by price, then the value of life appears to be minimal. These people who are struggling to make a living in the mines, between the sound of cannons and explosions, they fight desperately, they run, they sing, they also suffer. This group of people each has his own sorrow. Their sadness is not caused by any specific factor, because sadness needs no reason. Sadness and helplessness are originally a part of life, just like you are hit by the waves of fate in the boat of life, for no reason, just like running water, more like falling flowers. The misfortune of life appears even more impermanent in Chen Nianxi's writings. Everything is more like a lantern flickering on and off, either present or absent, hidden or apparent. Perhaps this is the nature of life itself. He sees the world in a very different way and gives people many surprises. The romance and power of words are vividly expressed in his writing, and there is poetry everywhere. This is a book that restores the appearance of life itself, recording a chaotic and real life. But it is a book suitable for careful reading. You will find a lot of tenderness in a cruel world. Ordinary people move us the most. Every "mote of dust" has its own energy, and the power of thousands of motes is by no means insignificant. Don't be depressed about the insignificance of individuals, don't cry about the suffering of life, respect each individual and take life seriously. This is the real answer to life.
No feeling, not recommended
No feeling, not recommended No feeling, not recommended
Very vivid characters and storyline
Very vivid characters and storyline
The story of Mochen is not about a certain group of people.
The book describes the lifestyle of the people at the bottom of society. Each character with distinctive personality constructs the life attitude of the people at the bottom of society who live a difficult life but face life bravely. There is also ridicule and helplessness towards...
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Official(4)Scraped 11d ago
Mote - Comment on "Mote"
"Motes", as the name suggests, are very small existences in the vast world, and they are countless ordinary individuals. Chen Nianxi is a miner poet who has been writing for many years and has won many poetry awards. The author uses his poetic and delicate language to tell the story of a group of small people, which is heavy but tender, ordinary but particularly touching. He comes from the bottom of society, and most of what he describes is himself or the people related to his life, his family, relatives, friends or co-workers. Like the author, they are all people from the bottom of society and live ordinary lives. These characters have thousands of faces. They have their own ideals and their own happiness. They may have been very prosperous, or they may have always been humble, but most of the time they were drowned in the tide of society. The description of death is always light in the author's writing. The end of life no longer requires a lament, but is just a phenomenon, perhaps a result, or even a small amount of compensation. When life can be measured by price, then the value of life appears to be minimal. These people who are struggling to make a living in the mines, between the sound of cannons and explosions, they fight desperately, they run, they sing, they also suffer. This group of people each has his own sorrow. Their sadness is not caused by any specific factor, because sadness needs no reason. Sadness and helplessness are originally a part of life, just like you are hit by the waves of fate in the boat of life, for no reason, just like running water, more like falling flowers. The misfortune of life appears even more impermanent in Chen Nianxi's writings. Everything is more like a lantern flickering on and off, either present or absent, hidden or apparent. Perhaps this is the nature of life itself. He sees the world in a very different way and gives people many surprises. The romance and power of words are vividly expressed in his writing, and there is poetry everywhere. This is a book that restores the appearance of life itself, recording a chaotic and real life. But it is a book suitable for careful reading. You will find a lot of tenderness in a cruel world. Ordinary people move us the most. Every "mote of dust" has its own energy, and the power of thousands of motes is by no means insignificant. Don't be depressed about the insignificance of individuals, don't cry about the suffering of life, respect each individual and take life seriously. This is the real answer to life.
No feeling, not recommended
No feeling, not recommended No feeling, not recommended
Very vivid characters and storyline
Very vivid characters and storyline
The story of Mochen is not about a certain group of people.
The book describes the lifestyle of the people at the bottom of society. Each character with distinctive personality constructs the life attitude of the people at the bottom of society who live a difficult life but face life bravely. There is also ridicule and helplessness towards...
