My Wife
by Liu Xianhua
About This Novel
This is an affectionate and restrained life documentary, telling how an ordinary couple, faced with sudden death, completed their final farewell by staying together in silence. This is not only a story about illness and separation, but also a mirror that reflects ordinary marriage. It describes how the deep affection for each other turned into concrete and subtle companionship: clumsily learning to call a taxi on the mobile phone, holding her cold hand tightly, and swallowing all the weak comfort. When the wife finally turns into a ray of light flying into the night sky in her husband's arms, it is not the end of life, but the tenderest flower of love blooming in despair - she turns her last existence into a star that lights up the late night in the world. This is a profound measurement of ordinary love. It tells us: the deepest farewell is often silent; and the most extreme longing is to look up at the stars every time for the rest of our lives.
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