Antique Street: Berkeley Fairy Tale: Berkeley Fairy Tale

Author: Fan Qian
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This novel is a dark horse in the works about immigrant life. Although the characters are lost, troubled, and despairing, every part of their lives is filled with their charming ways and rich emotions. It is evident that the author loves both the life of revelry and the life of pain. He has indulged in play, food, painting, and love, and continues to paint and write sincerely, venturing into the mysterious fate. This is a story about the love between a half-sister and half-brother, as well as a story about the spiritual drift of marginalized figures in American society—a tale of young elites who rebel against the mainstream and embrace the fringes. With an astonishing moral perspective and his painter's unique sensitivity to color and form, the author presents a series of exotic scenes of sex, love, sin, and punishment. The novel begins with a mysterious and ominous name, ends with the disappearance of the female protagonist and the unresolved fate of other key characters, as if the entire story is observed with the author's cold detachment, half-intoxicated involvement, and understated yet passionate commentary. What is rare is that the author subtly challenges the order and ethics of the material world.