Flower House

Author: Zé Yanni (Switzerland), translated by Li Jianming
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: This novel, themed around the barriers between people and the sense of spiritual loss, won multiple literary awards upon its publication in Europe and has been translated into 21 languages to date. Author Zé Yanni has thus become a promising new talent in the literary world. The protagonist of the novel—Yao, a girl who grew up with parents who separated at a young age—struggles to find the possibility of communication among her family, lovers, and friends, only to eventually admit that everyone is a "stranger." The author's writing, which appears detached in a literary sense, is actually filled with passion. With rich imagination and metaphorical symbolism, it describes 68 disaster scenarios in the consciousness of young people today, presenting a series of social issues with subtle yet sharp angles and showcasing the life state and shared confusion of a generation.