You, the reader, are reading the synopsis for The Library of Babel, a book by the author Little Angel Yang Shizi.
You seem rather frustrated and vexed because you can't make sense of this book's synopsis.
Yes, it leaves you bewildered, with no idea what the author is getting at.
This might be the strangest synopsis you've ever seen. But what is this novel actually about?
Curious, you finish reading the synopsis and prepare to start the book itself.
At this moment, you still don't realize you've stepped into the fictional maze, “The Library of Babel,” painstakingly built by the author.
[About the Author]
Jiang Fan (2000–2036), pen name Jiang Yebai, was a writer, philosopher, poet, and more. He played the father of the Writing Method and was one of the most controversial figures of the twenty-first century. His suicide left all of humanity with a great mystery. His best-known novels include The Library of the Universe and Spring in Winter City. His other works include the novels The Philosophical Girl, The Ghost Historian, and The Gods' Amusement Park, as well as the novellas and short stories Cyberpunk Memories, Battle Royale: Zero Figure, and The Otaku Speaks.
[About the Editor-in-Chief]
Wu Wu (2020–), who calls themself “a person without a name or surname,” earned their undergraduate and master's degrees at Qingbai University in Daxia and their doctorate at Uqbar University in Amerigo. Their advisor was Professor Ma Dun Holden, a renowned modern Sinologist.
