This is a documentary novel about the survival of the lower class. This novel mainly tells the story of Li Tiezhu's experience from the age of 16 to 42, spanning 26 years, involving construction sites, pyramid schemes, underground banks, family, love and other aspects. It tells the story of the struggle, degradation, awakening and rebirth of a lower-class person in modern society. This is not an inspirational story, but a survival manual on "how to coexist with the swamp".
"Survival Philosophy in the Quagmire" - tells the story of the struggle, mutual assistance and alienation of the people at the bottom in the cracks of the rules, and explores the eternal contradiction between dignity, morality and survival.
Reader comments
"Trees can't grow in the swamp, but grass can grow. Grass won't change the world, but it can make the swamp look less hopeless."
"Trees can't grow in the swamp, but grass can grow. Grass won't change the world, but it can make the swamp look less hopeless."