Dreamy Continent

Author: Mao Yuyuan
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The tension between individual speech and authoritative discourse has quietly led to changes in the stylistic trends of Chinese intellectual circles: social discourse and individual speech are increasingly separating, and individual speech, as a marginal discourse, is altering the circumstances of Chinese thought. Mao Yuyuan's Dream Continent is a sequel to his Eternal Island. It is the result of eight years spent wandering on an endless linguistic journey. It is a vigilance over the spiritual and the physical, the finite and the infinite. If you are busy yet inwardly lonely, you should open this book. If you are lonely and introspective, you should open this book. Each of us has an island in our hearts, and the island belongs to the sea—it is infinite and awe-inspiring. Each of us has a continent in our dreams, and the continent also belongs to the sea—it is finite and warm.