Cat City · My Life (lao She's Complete Classics)
by Lao She
About This Novel
"Cat City" is a novel with allegory and science fiction color written by Lao She. The plane crashed on Mars, and "I" became a drifter on Mars, accidentally entering the cat city and visiting everything. "I" is like a sad reporter, recording all kinds of strange phenomena in Cat City: cat people only eat puzzle leaves, cat soldiers rush to surrender, houses in Cat City have no doors or windows, the laws of Cat Country cannot control foreigners, students in Cat School beat teachers... As Lao She said, "Cat City" is a nightmare. It records some extremely dark pages in the history of a civilization, and also reflects the desolate background of Lao She's thoughts. "My Life" is a famous novella written by Mr. Lao She in 1937 on the eve of the Anti-Japanese War. The novel uses the first-person method to describe the rough life of an ordinary patrolman in the old era. The protagonist of the novel is smart and capable, and knows how to deal with the world, but he is repeatedly hit hard by life: his beloved wife was abducted by his closest friend; he learned the art of paper mounting, but it has no use due to the changes of the times; he became a patrolman out of desperation, but his difficult life continues. It ends like this: "I am still laughing, laughing at the cleverness of my life, laughing at this surprisingly unfair world. I hope that by the time I laugh to the end, the world will be different!" Through the protagonist's experiences and changes in thoughts, "This Life of Mine" shows the sadness of the low-level people who are unable to control their own destiny in an outdated and turbulent social background. An ordinary little person reflects the great tragedy of the era, and at that time "especially had a progressive atmosphere that stood out from the times." After reading the whole novel, you can not only feel the unique Beijing accent and humor in Mr. Lao She's articles, but also taste the heaviness of life from his witty and humorous writing style.
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