Dark Night and Wakefulness
by Tan Weixi
About This Novel
A thirteen-year-old girl has a habit of using music to separate herself from the world around her. Until one night, when the earphones suddenly went silent, she was thrown into silence, and for the first time she truly heard the subtle sounds of life-the whispers of broken leaves, the noise of the distant kitchen, and the rhythm of her own heartbeat. This accidental silence became the starting point for her search for "sobriety". In a warm used bookstore on the corner of the street, a wise old man gave her a pot of tenacious succulent plant "Xiao Xian". With this little life, An Ye embarked on an inner journey like a prose poem. She began to touch the temperature of the sun with her fingertips, capture the changes in clouds with her eyes, feel the sincerity of food with her taste buds, and learn to accept and place her sometimes confused emotions. This is not a magnificent adventure story, but a delicate record of a girl gradually shedding her isolated shell, using her reawakened senses to gently touch the world and reconcile with herself. It tells how we can find our own warm and firm light of clarity in the ordinary gaps of life. This is a heart-warming story for anyone who has ever felt confused and longed for inner peace. It gently reminds us: sometimes, true awakening begins the moment you take off your headphones.
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