Living in South Africa: Tell the Truth South Africa 300 Days: Tell the Truth South Africa 300 Days

Author: Liu Xue
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The story in this book is real and bizarre, with a thrilling plot, vivid characters, and lively and simple language. It is a highly readable documentary novel. Before going abroad, Liu Xing had worked on engineering projects, owned a motorcycle shop, and was also a member of the provincial photography association, gaining some fame. Perhaps driven by a latent "wandering" and "adventure" instinct, as soon as she had money, she packed her camera and traveled the world. In 2000 yuan per month, she bravely abandoned her career in China and ventured alone into South Africa. Liu Xing originally just wanted to change her way of life. Unforeseen circumstances led to her "fate's boat" repeatedly running aground. Through an introduction, she "dated" a white South African girl named Gao Senshen, from meeting to marriage taking only three days. On their wedding night, emotional and physical intimacy had to be facilitated by a "phrasebook," and condoms were translated into masks. Fate seemed to be full of misfortunes; just as she had obtained a South African "green card," her "foreign wife" vanished like the wind. An unexpected "marital breakdown" left her bankrupt. Forced by circumstances, Liu Xing "sold" her beloved camera, sold hats at fishing port docks, and worked as a "human advertisement" for Kodak. In her dire straits, Liu Xing fell into a gambling den run by Chinese Taiwanese, serving as a "card monitor." After "escaping the tiger's den and entering the wolf's lair," Liu Xing mistakenly found herself in the South African "underworld." She witnessed the colorful society firsthand: singers and dancers, shark hunters engaged in illegal fishing, and the cold-blooded cruelty of gangsters. The story in this book is real and bizarre, with a thrilling plot, vivid characters, and lively and simple language, making it a highly readable documentary account of Luo Qiang.