One Year in Dali
About This Novel
A British "Northern drifter" decided to go to Dali to have a good time, National Public Radio's 2024 best book. "Do what you want to do every day, including and especially - doing nothing." Lying down is not the end, but the starting point for re-understanding the world. When the British "Northern Drifter" chose to go to Dali to live in peace, he spent three years in seclusion to verify the healing power of slow life on modern anxiety. The real China and Chinese life from the perspective of a "China expert", the writing style is simple and not exaggerated, and sharp realist observations can always be seen in the book. It's a journey of self-discovery. In 2020, Aleksey, who has lived in Beijing for many years, suffered a major blow to his personal love life (he and his fiancée parted ways), and his sense of depression, boredom and powerlessness in social life gradually deepened. In the end, he chose to flee Beijing and live in a remote village in Dali. This book adopts a two-line narrative - one line goes inward, which is a detailed record of the author's life in Dali: drinking tea, watching clouds, basking in the sun, repairing small courtyards, planting flowers and vegetables, and meeting "non-mainstream" friends from all over the world... The author uses his profound writing skills and warm and sincere emotions to allow readers to feel with him the calmness, freedom and joy of Dali life that is completely different from city life, and to experience the transformation of immersion with him. The other line outwards is the author's detailed observation of various circles in Dali. The brush strokes are sometimes calm, sometimes warm, and sometimes full of humor, describing a more complex face of Dali beyond the label of "a flat city".
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