Ask a Woman to Guess a Riddle (small Literature·pocket Library)
by Sun Ganlu
About This Novel
In "Ask a Woman to Guess a Riddle", "I" lied about writing a novel "Looking at the Passage of Time" to send a nurse after a car accident. In order to cover up the lie, "I" began to conceive and write, and got lost in the text of the novel; "Recalling Qin'e" tells the story of the enigmatic woman "Su" who lives in the protagonist's house and interacts with her grandmother, mother and a group of lovers, enlightening "I" is in adolescence; "As if" has a novel that can be read from the inside and outside at the same time. The man sneaks into the land of rice wine from the pages of the book to start a mysterious journey, while the woman sticks to the books in the top floor room and waits for his return... "In the poetic narrative, Chinese writing has gained freedom in the true sense, enriching the understanding of the eternity of time and the instantaneity of existence." Sun Ganlu is a representative writer of the Chinese avant-garde. His main works include the novel "Breath", short story collections "Visiting Dreams", "Letter from the Messenger", "Remembering Qin'e", and essay collection "Dancing on the Ceiling", etc.
What Readers Think
Rating
Community(0)
Rating
Community(0)
