Or Human Sorrow
by Luyin
About This Novel
"Someone's Sorrow" unfolds in the form of letters. The protagonist Yaxia reveals her life trajectory and mental dilemma through many letters to her friend KY: Influenced by the concept of "playing the world", she suffered from insomnia and illness due to her uncle's entanglement. She was exposed to religion when she was hospitalized but did not find relief; she went to Japan to seek "light", but witnessed human intolerance, class oppression and hypocritical peace. Weiyi even died of her illness. In the end, in pain and confusion about the true meaning of life, Yaxia threw himself into a lake in Hangzhou. The work draws on the tragedy of Yaxia to outline the struggle of intellectual women after the May 4th Movement between tradition and modernity. It reveals the pain of repeatedly hitting a wall in their pursuit of spiritual solutions. It is the author's inquiry into the nature of human nature and the meaning of life, and illuminates the spiritual dilemma and anxiety of the times among a generation of intellectuals.
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