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A collection of essays and insights written by the author while working in West Africa. The book is divided into four major chapters, namely the opening chapter, the journey chapter, the animal chapter, the character chapter, and the narrative chapter, with a total of 28 themes. These themes cover the daily life of engineers stationed abroad and their interactions with local people. The vivid stories interspersed among them are a microcosm of the life and work of workers stationed abroad. From the book, readers can not only appreciate the freshness of foreign cultures, but also understand the fighting spirit of China's "going global" builders. The author does not use the "I" tone to narrate directly, but uses the world and human beings as the background, trying to observe and interpret people, animals, environment, competition and survival from a broader perspective. While listening to the story, people can feel the magic of creation and admire the tenacity of life.

I don't know if something similar has happened to you. On a certain day, you will suddenly realize that this thing has appeared in a dream, but you can't remember it. If you think about it carefully, you will find that there are many things that make your scalp numb...

Xie Lei has been listening to his father tell him many strange things since he was a child. No matter how serious the injury is, he is not allowed to go to the hospital. He didn't find out until he grew up. . . It turned out that I had no heartbeat from beginning to end.