Wasteland Asked
by Xu Zhaoshou
About This Novel
Due to the "anti-rightist" struggle, both Mr. Haowen and Professor Peng were sent to a place called Shuangzigou. And because of the death of Professor Peng, Mr. Haowen became anonymous and could only live under someone else's roof in Hexi, herding sheep, marrying a wife, and having children. Xia Zhong, who originally wanted to be a good doctor in Hexi, was forced to the precipice of life and emotions due to an extramarital affair. Life is waiting for his second choice. He was forced to take the college entrance examination for the second time, but fate played another joke on him. The university I want to attend happens to be the school where I worked and was sent to before. Later, while staying in school to work, he was often suspended from classes for no apparent reason. Throughout his life, he always lived in contradictions and absurdities. The other protagonist "I" also faces the absurd and empty reality. If we say that Mr. Haowen's absurdity is mainly due to external causes, career; while "I"'s absurdity is mainly due to internal causes, emotional. After the life-and-death teacher-student love affair when I was fifteen years old, I no longer believe in real marriage and love. So I put all my confusion about life and career into my search for the opposite sex. Falling in love more than a dozen times is another expression of helplessness towards the world and life.
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