Flustered

Author: Jing Ge
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Renowned critic and doctoral supervisor Meng Huafan, in evaluating Jing Ge's Chaos, described a mood that was somewhat melancholic, warm, intimate, and also somewhat real yet illusory. In a rural secondary school, a group of young teachers, their hearts burning with passion, sowed seeds of love and hope, weaving beautiful and moving stories. All of this, amidst the colorful dust of life, presented a captivating beauty. Jing Ge's Chaos is a work about the lives of ordinary teachers. Though the novel lacks dramatic plot twists, in the daily routines, in subtle or even trivial details, Jing Ge seems to capture a mood—somewhat melancholic, warm, intimate, and also real yet illusory. This floating, soaring mood is like a slow, gentle infusion of Jiangnan's silk and bamboo music into the heart.