Eternal

Author: Zi Kang
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Publishing Date: 2002-01-01
Features: A disillusioned youth who nails himself into a dark room, isolating himself from society, trying to resist the organized and symbolized reality.
A young girl who has strange dreams of a large bird and a fish every night, and the interpretations all say she is longing for sex.
An old man who transforms into a deity, hovering in the air, endlessly rambling about his stale, absurd, and incestuous love affairs and life.
Three unrelated people eventually meet in front of a mysterious black hole. Passion, desire, and tradition clash fiercely, each, metaphorically implying that this long-standing dispute will continue indefinitely.
The novel is concise, exquisite, and structurally innovative, resembling a Ming-style furniture painting rendered in oil brushstrokes, with unexpected artistic charm.
It won the first prize in the Novel category of the 3rd China Youth Literary Works Competition.