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"Notes of a Crocodile" is the debut novel of Taiwanese writer Qiu Miaojin. It is also her most important novel and a feminist literary classic in the Chinese-speaking world. The novel is based on the college life of the protagonist "I". Through the emergence, deep fall and even final divorce of relationships, it faces the ultimate love and uncomprehended sorrow deep in the heart, and looks at the sensitive and self-harming inner world of young people. The twenty-one letters in the "Montmartre Suicide Note" are the confession of life she left to the world. The intensity of love, the pain of betrayal, desperate possession and painful self-analysis, these words written by Qiu Miaojin record her courage and pursuit, as well as her confusion, obstacles and despair. She thinks about and reconstructs the law of love and the relationship between love and death, life and art based on her real and painful physical and mental experiences.

In the summer of 1995, Taiwanese writer Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in Paris at the age of 26. The twenty-one letters in the "Montmartre Suicide Note" are the confession of life she left to the world. The intensity of love, the pain of betrayal, desperate possession and painful self-analysis, these words written by Qiu Miaojin record her courage and pursuit, as well as her confusion, obstacles and despair. She thinks about and reconstructs the law of love and the relationship between love and death, life and art based on her real and painful physical and mental experiences. A large number of Western art films and classic literature mentioned in "Montmartre Posthumous Letter" form a series of deep secret paths, showing the growth pedigree of Qiu Miaojin's spiritual world. It is the spiritual reflection of a generation of young people in Taiwan. Through it, one can also witness the profound scenery of the times. "With such a soul existing, the world is so beautiful, and I can't bear to die." I hope this will be everyone's admiration after reading "Montmartre's Suicide Note".

"Notes of a Crocodile" is the debut novel by Taiwanese writer Qiu Miaojin and a feminist literary classic in the Chinese-speaking world. The novel is based on the college life of the protagonist "I". Through the emergence, deep fall and even final divorce of relationships, it faces the ultimate love and uncomprehended sorrow deep in the heart, and looks at the sensitive and self-harming inner world of young people. The novel is a true portrayal of the confused and troubled mental journey of a generation of young people in Taiwan at the end of the 20th century. It is also a personal record of a difficult journey of gender identity and self-identity. With brushstrokes as sharp and shining as a blade, the author penetrates into the hidden rock formations of the soul. Those extremely candid self-analyses and the dialectical reversal of love imagination, those moments of deep intersection between human nature and powerful and solemn life experiences, profoundly demonstrate the eternal theme of mankind, that is, how to understand oneself and the world more deeply through extremely pure emotions, and reach from oneself to the depth of the universal human soul, a brilliant mental passion.