This book is a collection of eight of the more than 30 novellas published by the author in the past ten years, including "No Fish in a Net", "Intellectuals", "A Hidden Life", "Looking for Someone", "Noble and His Foreign Woman", "No Robbery", "Aventure", "September Sky" and other award-winning works, with a total of about 240,000 words. Most of the works describe the life conditions of the poor people at the bottom of society. The author has both a civilian perspective and a scholar's perspective, examining the spiritual dilemma and moral crisis of ordinary people's social life in the transition period, looking for a way out of humanity amidst the pain of reflection and introspection, and striving to rebuild a harmonious social ideal.
Reader comments
This book is very real. It describes the plight of the people at the bottom of society, which makes me deeply moved. I especially like the story about Zheng Shu and Zheng Fan in the book. Zheng Shu did not hesitate to risk cutting the coffin in order to make his son an intellectual, but the reality was cruel. Although Zheng Fan was admitted to graduate school, he still faced the problem of finding a job. This made me see the helplessness of reality and feel the greatness of father's love. The author depicts the characters' personalities and experiences with delicate writing, which is very worth reading.
It's good, it's very satirical, but it's a pity that people nowadays don't dare and can't write like this anymore
I read the first few chapters and they were very real and depressing. It's like my heart is filled with tangles and feels uncomfortable. The writing is very good, but I can't read it anymore.
The writing is simple, but the feelings are sincere. The description of the details is a bit impatient.
The content of the novel is true, the plot is tortuous and vivid, and the characters are vivid.
The emotions of the characters are very delicate and it feels like a real story
Very real and close to real life.
Rich content
Outstanding literary talent
This ending is the best arrangement [Like] [Love]
The second brush is the greatest tribute to the author...
The writing is humorous. From time to time, there are gray tones, which truly reflect the current situation of the times, and are extremely helpless to express the reality of today's society.
The writing is very in-depth, full of life, and very inspiring.
This book is very real. It describes the plight of the people at the bottom of society, which makes me deeply moved. I especially like the story about Zheng Shu and Zheng Fan in the book. Zheng Shu did not hesitate to risk cutting the coffin in order to make his son an intellectual, but the reality was cruel. Although Zheng Fan was admitted to graduate school, he still faced the problem of finding a job. This made me see the helplessness of reality and feel the greatness of father's love. The author depicts the characters' personalities and experiences with delicate writing, which is very worth reading.
It's good, it's very satirical, but it's a pity that people nowadays don't dare and can't write like this anymore
I read the first few chapters and they were very real and depressing. It's like my heart is filled with tangles and feels uncomfortable. The writing is very good, but I can't read it anymore.
The writing is simple, but the feelings are sincere. The description of the details is a bit impatient.
The content of the novel is true, the plot is tortuous and vivid, and the characters are vivid.
The emotions of the characters are very delicate and it feels like a real story
Very real and close to real life.
Rich content Outstanding literary talent
This ending is the best arrangement [Like] [Love]
The second brush is the greatest tribute to the author...
The writing is humorous. From time to time, there are gray tones, which truly reflect the current situation of the times, and are extremely helpless to express the reality of today's society.
The writing is very in-depth, full of life, and very inspiring.