Edge
by Ge Fei
About This Novel
"Edge" (1993) is a novel in which Ge Fei perfected the narrative of avant-garde novels in the early 1990s. The novel starts from "I"'s review of my entire life as I grow old, and uses countless important life fragments to piece together "I"'s ups and downs experience - a childhood life amidst isolation and loneliness, a cruel and absurd youth career, and returning home. Later, I was involved in the rolling torrent of society... Familiar or unfamiliar figures emerged one by one in "my" life journey, and their stories wrapped "me" in them, and "I" was like a bystander in life, quietly watching their arrival and departure. The novel shows the life and fragile fate of "marginal people" from different character perspectives. The 42 fragments in memory reflect the magnificent history of China in the 20th century, and condense into a kind of clarity and indifference suspended above the joys and sorrows.
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People of flesh and blood show the tension of life
In a person's life, there will always be a memory that will accompany you throughout your life, and it will linger in your mind. This memory is your road to a village, and this village is called Peach Blossom Spring. In the village, your memory will flicker "ineffectively", and your eyes will stretch towards the distant tribe. But that would be just a dream, a dream you can never reach because you can't find it.
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Official(2)Scraped 21d ago
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People of flesh and blood show the tension of life
In a person's life, there will always be a memory that will accompany you throughout your life, and it will linger in your mind. This memory is your road to a village, and this village is called Peach Blossom Spring. In the village, your memory will flicker "ineffectively", and your eyes will stretch towards the distant tribe. But that would be just a dream, a dream you can never reach because you can't find it.
