Poisonous Genius Child

Author: Xiao Fan
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Xiao Fan's novels maintain a consistent playfulness, with every detail being fun and engaging. In these three short stories, Xiao Fan begins to explore the emotions of his characters and transforms their emotions into one of the driving forces of the narrative. Xiao Fan can be said to have found the reason why novels exist—examining the possibilities of novel writing from the very source. The characters in the stories are reflections of real human beings, yet they also have their own action logic. This action logic is related to the author's worldview and artistic perspective, as well as the emotions and personalities the author understands. The kind of author there is, the kind of action logic the characters will have. After all, novels are written by specific authors, not direct projections of sunlight shining on real life. For an author, to write compelling characters, it is essential to delve deeply into their emotions and, within the scope of their understanding, ensure that the characters' actions align with their emotional and personality traits.
The short story "Poisonous Boy" tells of a child who repeatedly experiments with poison, ultimately just to kill himself. He wants to poison himself to reunite with his already deceased father. After reading this story, I felt a sense of loss and sadness. It is a successful novel.