Unlawful cohabitation

Author: Bian Yunfeng
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Publish Date: 1998-06-01
Features: The dismissed writer Tang Lai arrives in Beijing and meets many people who come to the city to make a living. Some of them are outcasts of society, including dropouts, homosexuals, delinquents, prostitutes, and the homeless, as well as those who constantly lose their jobs. Their eyes reflect despair and a hazy sorrow. The work provides a profound analysis of the harm caused by the blind mobility and chaotic relationships of contemporary society.
Tang Lai, dismissed from his previous position, arrives in Beijing and meets many people who come to the city to make a living. Some of them are outcasts of society, including dropouts, homosexuals, delinquents, prostitutes, and the homeless, as well as those who constantly lose their jobs. Their eyes reflect despair and a hazy sorrow. The work provides a profound analysis of the harm caused by the blind mobility and chaotic relationships of contemporary society. Yang Chunqi and Meng Qiurong had an affair in a red coffin for years, leaving behind the seed Xue Piaopiao. After arriving in Beijing, Xue Piaopiao is tormented by her unknowing half-brother. Min Suo contracts a lecherous disease, and no one can hide his habit of stealing women. A witch says that only a virgin's chastity can cure the lecherous curse he is under, making the young girl his victim. The young girl comes to Beijing and falls in love with the avant-garde painter Xiao Hongmao. Xiao Hongmao not only desires direct physical experiences but also wants to express the clamor and unrest of his soul through his body. He seeks physical experiences in the streets and alleys of Beijing while also searching for pure love. Tang Lai and Xue Piaopiao embody the author's lofty ideals of love and justice.
Through the depiction of a courtyard in Beijing, the work spans time and space, telling touching stories of reality and the past, the city and the countryside, differing from typical urban novels.