Crocodile Notes
by Qiu Miaojin
About This Novel
"Notes of a Crocodile" is the debut novel by Taiwanese writer Qiu Miaojin and a feminist literary classic in the Chinese-speaking world. The novel is based on the college life of the protagonist "I". Through the emergence, deep fall and even final divorce of relationships, it faces the ultimate love and uncomprehended sorrow deep in the heart, and looks at the sensitive and self-harming inner world of young people. The novel is a true portrayal of the confused and troubled mental journey of a generation of young people in Taiwan at the end of the 20th century. It is also a personal record of a difficult journey of gender identity and self-identity. With brushstrokes as sharp and shining as a blade, the author penetrates into the hidden rock formations of the soul. Those extremely candid self-analyses and the dialectical reversal of love imagination, those moments of deep intersection between human nature and powerful and solemn life experiences, profoundly demonstrate the eternal theme of mankind, that is, how to understand oneself and the world more deeply through extremely pure emotions, and reach from oneself to the depth of the universal human soul, a brilliant mental passion.
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The rhythm is quite chaotic and there is a lot of self-reflection. It seems quite depressing, the pain of a dilemma on the road to self-identity, the inability to be accepted by traditional society, the reality of gay psychology
Nowadays, the inner world of adults is fragile and sensitive. The ultimate love and the sorrow that no one understands deep in the heart are often the most deadly. In the crocodile, we can see many shadows of ourselves.
As we all know, women are magical and difficult to understand creatures. As the saying goes, a woman's heart is like a needle in the sea. There have been many studies on female psychology, but the difference is that this one directly touches your heart.
Episodes of unforgettable love touch upon human nature bit by bit, revealing the unknown things hidden in the depths. What is there on the other side of the human heart? The breadth of the depth is amazing.
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Community(0)
Official(4)Scraped 22d ago
Finished reading
The rhythm is quite chaotic and there is a lot of self-reflection. It seems quite depressing, the pain of a dilemma on the road to self-identity, the inability to be accepted by traditional society, the reality of gay psychology
Nowadays, the inner world of adults is fragile and sensitive. The ultimate love and the sorrow that no one understands deep in the heart are often the most deadly. In the crocodile, we can see many shadows of ourselves.
As we all know, women are magical and difficult to understand creatures. As the saying goes, a woman's heart is like a needle in the sea. There have been many studies on female psychology, but the difference is that this one directly touches your heart.
Episodes of unforgettable love touch upon human nature bit by bit, revealing the unknown things hidden in the depths. What is there on the other side of the human heart? The breadth of the depth is amazing.
