Shyness

Author: Mao Dou
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The Awkward is a rather unique novel. It expresses doubt and confrontation toward the existing order, as well as introspection and observation of the spiritual life. However, it is not a solemn work that reflects on life—Mao Dou does not reflect on the survival conditions of humans in the "post-internet era" as a chronicler of the present, a confessor of suffering, or a savior of ultimate values. She does not indulge in the despair and redemption of struggles, nor does she express more compassion and understanding in her indignation. What Mao Dou has is her thinking, her approach. She gives the most incisive and sharp portrayals of the dominant electronic media and the dynamic network era to date. She infuses her writing with insights into real-life survival and the profound mysteries of life philosophy, presenting a fairy tale of the massive television/network industry—a dazzling yet enigmatic illusory world that truly connects China's present, past, and future. This is a 360-degree panoramic imagination of the media-dominated era and the "new new life" of the future. Its bitterness and anxiety, poetry and imagination, sorrow and splendor are rare in recent novels. It is a confession of the "post-internet era."