Beauty Book

Author: A Jian
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Beauty Register brings a variety of urban men and women to life on the page, including influential figures in society and cultural celebrities (all pseudonyms), as well as the many portrayals of shameless poets and socialites. It allows us to see a microcosm of society, two sides, and three or four marginal areas; we witness the struggles and hardships of the "Beijing" (North), their rebellious and decadent struggles; we see the hypocrisy and ugliness hidden behind the so-called art; and it gives people a deeper understanding of the complexities and changes of life. The six girls in the book are as bright as water, each carrying the seed of beauty within them, arriving in the big city alone to begin experimental practices. The beautiful and sexy Chengdu girl Xiao Jia is obsessed with literary creation, freely expressing sensuality, and her dream of becoming a writer has both physically and mentally tempered her character; the Jiangnan girl Jin Jin, soft as Xuan paper, loves writing poems and painting, but is financially struggling yet overly self-important, and is forced to submit to one man after another for warmth and success; the rebellious Dan Qi, born into a broken and deformed family, is willing to go to any lengths to go abroad, but is imprisoned and reeducated while in a relationship with a foreign diplomat; the rural girl Xiao Xiang chases after a good urban household registration and love but mistakenly falls for the emotionally abusive Ajiang; and the popular beauty Ning Ning, a descendant of the Qing dynasty, is a hedonist who grew up on love and still feels no remorse.