About This Novel
Each novel in "Glass Rose" has clear clues, clean writing, and clever structure. It starts from the opportunity of the story itself without presupposing the theme. The protagonists of these novels include company executives, white-collar workers of foreign companies, expatriates in Shanghai, college students, as well as regular customers of small cafes, brokers, migrant workers, escort girls, etc. The eight stories observe and construct Shanghai from different perspectives. From the city center to the suburbs, from the financial center office buildings to the tram cafes, from reality to virtual reality, Shanghai is nothing more than a place where people from all walks of life live together to pursue a future. Every life has the right and opportunity to survive and prosper. For example, "Glass Rose" tells the story of an Italian young man's romantic encounter and true love in Shanghai. Shanghai is a place where foreigners and foreigners are mixed. Different values determine the different life trajectories of Shanghai people. Human love and desire are like the wind and flow, causing people to have uncontrollable pain and regret. Human nature is similar, but takes on different shapes in different times and places. "No Fragrance to Know" tells the story of the friendship and different emotional choices of two college students since their college days. After graduation, their life paths separated by oceans reunited at this moment. It has nothing to do with right or wrong, but it can bring people deep spiritual shock and reflection. "Oil Field in the Suburbs" writes that someone claimed to have discovered an oil field in the suburbs of Shanghai. This ignorant lie was packaged in layers by professional promoters and consultants, causing trouble in the stock market and causing many people to lose their money. Why do so many people get scammed? The stories included in "Glass Rose" strive to give this world a question that it cannot answer suddenly.
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