Tang Wenzhe's life is a mirror reflecting the spiritual dilemma of contemporary people. From the innocent yearning for his first love Li Ruirui in the youthful campus, to being crushed by reality and sinking into lust in a bar; from the abyss of depravity of selling counterfeit wine and drug trafficking, to meeting the soul of a terminally ill girl Xiaoxiao on the Sichuan-Tibet line; from the short-term salvation of a volunteer teacher in Tibetan areas, to returning to the countryside to stay with his deaf-mute wife Hongmei - his life trajectory of more than thirty years describes the struggle and awakening of an ordinary person in the floating world. The novel uses rough and delicate writing to dissect the game between desire and true feelings, and the collision between ideals and reality. When all his obsessions came to nothing, Tang Wenzhe finally found peace in his country and words. This is not a counterattack story, but a survival fable about every ordinary person: how to keep the eternal glimmer of light in the heart amidst the bizarre reflections. Suitable for readers who are interested in realistic themes, the depth of human nature and the meaning of life.
