Annihilation

Author: Liang Xiaosheng
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Publish Date: 1997-10-01
Features: Two boys with a brotherly bond live together in a hutong called "Dirty Street." One is named Xiaosheng, and the other is Ziqing. In terms of life beliefs, one represents the other's half. Twenty years later, the aspiring and hopeful Ziqing becomes wealthy, while Xiaosheng, who could never become a writer, is chosen by the era. However, tragedy strikes. They can no longer protect each other as they once did. Money and culture, culture and money—they look down upon, envy, and harm each other, all while helplessly experiencing a kind of extinguished despair. The book is filled with passion and reason. The writer even sacrifices himself like a devotee, questioning souls that are expanding or being extinguished, and inclines the scales of idealism in the paradox of the era.