Peak

Author: Zhang Haidi
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Publish Date: 2002-11-01
Features: This is an exhilarating work. It's hard to imagine a female writer depicting such magnificent and mysterious snow mountains. The climbers in her story possess the fearless spirit to face life and death, and they also yearn for love endlessly. They must make choices between the goddess of snow mountains and real love. Each character in the book has distinct traits, including a foreign literature-translating medical doctor and a computer engineer. They are all climbing towards their ideal peaks, but the clamor of real life, as well as the temptations of material and emotional desires, rush at everyone like the rapids in a gorge. The story ends in tragedy, yet the power of tragedy is eternal. The work is filled with romantic passion and rational wisdom, with a grand and majestic style yet also gentle and exquisite. The protagonist's rational self-awareness and unwavering devotion to love move one to tears. The story presents a unique perspective on the survival state of a group of contemporary intellectuals and delves deeply into the spiritual world of humans.