A Selection of the Best Chinese Novels of the 1990s. 8

Author: Shu Nan
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This is an era where many people have become aware of the crisis. The deterioration of the living environment and the crisis of survival awareness do not bring people a sense of fearlessness in the face of danger. Nor do they bring a sense of despair beyond tragedy. Instead, people are abandoning awareness and relaxing their bodies, seeking indulgence, fashion, and excitement. Our confusion is increasing. While novel writing seems to retreat into a corner of life, writers also seem unable to find an expressive way to encompass all of this. Therefore, in this year, the works we see are increasingly shedding the conventions of explanation and elaboration, and are instead imbued with more significance and metaphor.