The Ten Days of the East

Author: Jiao Naifang
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Publish Date: 2000-12-01
Features: In the capital, ten handsome men and women from a graduate school of a university went on an adventure in the Taklamakan Desert during their vacation. In the heart of the desert, they felt profoundly isolated from the hustle and bustle of the world. At night, the ten people gathered around a small tent, telling stories—one person telling one story each night, for ten nights in total. Over the ten captivating days and nights in the desert, they told one hundred stories. The arduous desert journey over those ten days and nights led to an unstoppable, passionate love affair forming among the main characters under the boundless desert sky.
The author's imagination is like the vast ocean, weaving together humor and wisdom—two precious metals—through one hundred stories with different styles. Most of the stories possess the primal essence of humanity, as the author strives to call for a return to human nature. The folk jokes and stories in The Eastern Decameron help lubricate marital relationships and provide a light-hearted cure for psychological barriers through laughter. This work is rich in scenery within scenery and stories within stories. The author spent ten years honing this work, meticulously crafting and gathering materials, resulting in a sprawling masterpiece that leaves readers lost in endless contemplation.