The Mistake by the River (original Novel of the Movie Starring Zhu Yilong)
by Yu Hua
About This Novel
Yu Hua goes crazy and saves himself! 28-Year-old Yu Hua also wants to go crazy! Yu Hua: These works record the madness I once had. Although going crazy won't solve the problem, it can at least make me happy! This book contains four representative works of Yu Hua's early novels: "The Mistake by the River", "A Kind of Reality", "1986" and "Classical Love". These works record Yu Hua's writing experience for more than two years from 1986 to 1988, and also record his uneasy mental state during these two years. Yu Hua, who has seen through the absurd nature of life, reproduces the absurd living conditions in calm and direct language. Each article is so crazy and terrifying: the criminal police captain gradually goes crazy while chasing the murderer; the brothers retaliate against each other and fall into a cycle of revenge; the history teacher lives in cruel fantasies and constantly harms himself... Everyone has life difficulties that they can't help but occasionally giving up reason makes life easier.
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Official(5)Scraped 22d ago
It starts with four people and ends with a madman, which is worth pondering.
riverside mistake
It's quite ironic. I always feel that using violence to fight violence is the last resort, but it is undeniable that it is really direct and effective.
While it is deeply rooted in people's hearts, there is also a lot of people who are deeply involved in it.
The four novellas are all relatively heavy. Is human nature inherently good or inherently evil? Food for thought.
Four short articles are written with great weight and require careful reading to understand the author's profound thoughts.
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Official(5)Scraped 22d ago
It starts with four people and ends with a madman, which is worth pondering.
riverside mistake
It's quite ironic. I always feel that using violence to fight violence is the last resort, but it is undeniable that it is really direct and effective.
While it is deeply rooted in people's hearts, there is also a lot of people who are deeply involved in it.
The four novellas are all relatively heavy. Is human nature inherently good or inherently evil? Food for thought.
Four short articles are written with great weight and require careful reading to understand the author's profound thoughts.
