Hanging Chair
by Tang Yinjiu
About This Novel
"The Hanging Chair" is one of three novels created by the artist Mr. Tang Yinjiu in recent years. Contemporary artist Hong created an installation work - "Hanging Chair". The basic function of a chair is to sit, which makes people feel stable and comfortable. However, once it is suspended, the stability, leisure and comfort will be broken, and it will soon enter a state of suspense... Hong tried to express a kind of uncertainty through "Hanging Chair", but he did not expect that this would become a portrayal of his life. As soon as this work was completed, he was arrested. An admired artist and the dean of a famous academy of fine arts became a prisoner in the most glorious period of his life. The function and status of the chair changed, insecurities became so dense, Hong's fate was unresolved, and uncertainty became the most important theme of his life. Hong, Yong, Da and Yan are good friends in college. They often discuss various issues in life and art together. Da was once a poet, and later became an official and became a minister. Hong once gave Da a painting to congratulate Da on his new move. Later, Hong's reputation grew and his paintings became more and more valuable, so Da sold the painting through Qiong. Soon Da was reported, and the procuratorate found a huge sum of money in his private account, which came from the gallery run by Qiong. The account was entered at the time when Hong was the vice president, but Da was the deputy minister in charge of the college, and Hong was imprisoned. A seemingly absurd story begins, and a seemingly absurd fate must be faced and endured... The novel expresses the existence, destiny and thinking of contemporary intellectuals through the life experiences of four friends, as well as the love stories of Hong, Xuerun, Qiong and Helen, as well as their resistance and struggle, reconciliation and understanding of the uncertain and unknowable fate in their seemingly absurd but real lives.
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