Empty house

Author: Wan Fang
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Following The Empty Mirror, Wan Fang continues to meticulously observe society and thoughtfully explore life. With her feminine understanding and habitual delicate writing style, she has crafted this exquisite contemporary urban romance. The female protagonist, Yang Hongying, had once strived to maintain a stagnant marriage, which ultimately crumbled in the weighing of feminine self-esteem and autonomy. Like Nora, she breaks out of the sacred of marriage, transforming her originally warm and comfortable home into an empty shell. During and after this process, is Yang Hongying's spiritual sanctuary still as desolate as before? Please read this book. What is a house? It is a home. What is a home? It is a place filled with people you love. Married women always hope their homes are full, bringing back all sorts of beautiful and practical things, finding suitable places for them in the house. For women, family life seems to be about arranging all sorts of things. They are busy day after day, their eyes losing their captivating glow, their skin no longer smooth and rosy. They look around and feel satisfied, because there are things in the house, and there are people—everything seems to be in its place. But is that really true? One day, for some reason, their hearts are filled with doubt. The air—it seems to lack a certain molecule. And that is the molecule women's lives need to breathe, the molecule of love. I would say, the greatness of women lies in this very place. No matter how far they have traveled or how many years have passed, their hearts will never grow numb. Their longing for love remains like a tiny spark, like flint. With this hard, unsharpenable flint, there is hope, there is the ability to strike a flame, to ignite and burn. If possible, let our homes be illuminated by love.