Youth chaos

Author: Genius Zhu Zhu
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Reading Zhu Zhu's new work Youth Chaos gives a very fresh feeling. The protagonist of the story is named Ximen Xiaoxin, a person who doesn’t seem to succeed anywhere. From the Jiangnan Film and Television Art College he initially attended to his eventual failure, helplessly standing on the roadside sighing. Between the lines, what you feel is no longer purely the kind of slapstick absurdity found in Forbidden Absurdity, but rather being shrouded in a huge sense of youthful confusion. Perhaps just as Zhu Zhu says in the text, “Facing this road called life, he has no choice but to keep moving forward.” Reading this, you unexpectedly feel a sense of mutual understanding. I believe every child who has stood at the crossroads of youth has had such an experience.
Youth fiction writer Xing Na describes this novel as if watching a Stephen Chow movie. It confronts the meaningless world in the story and the desolation born from it, transforming it into black and bitter humor. And we will laugh along with it because we can see the familiar words behind it—where we have all once fought against fate, failed, been frustrated, and screamed. Zhu Zhu doesn’t scream; when poets and madmen scream, he has already escaped the chaos through humor and deconstruction. He is a genius who feels absurdity, able to narrate the ugliness of wounds with a clown-like indifference while exposing the passion and hope within. Therefore, both he and Youth Chaos are cool—coolness that cannot be forbidden. Youth will continue to be chaotic!
Youth fiction writer Xiao Rui says if Zhu Zhu’s book only wrote on the cover, “Wildier than Chun Shu, Cooler than Han Han,” then his second youth-themed novel begins to challenge Han Han from the title. Han Han writes interestingly, and Zhu Zhu writes interestingly too. Their writing styles are all light, humorous, witty, and satirical—easy to read and enjoyable, filled with wisdom. In 2003, he published his first work, and in 2004, his new book followed one after another. Reading Zhu Zhu’s new work gives a very fresh feeling, and reading through it all brings immense reading pleasure. The protagonist is named Ximen Xiaoxin, a child who doesn’t seem to succeed anywhere. From the Jiangnan Film and Television Art College he initially attended to his eventual failure, helplessly standing on the roadside sighing. Between the lines, what you feel is no longer purely the kind of slapstick absurdity, but rather being shrouded in a huge sense of youthful confusion. Perhaps just as Zhu Zhu says in the text: Facing this road called life, he has no choice but to keep moving forward... Reading this, you unexpectedly feel a sense of mutual understanding. I believe every child who has stood at the crossroads of youth has had such an experience.
In real life, Zhu Zhu is quite like a sunny boy. Aside from writing, his greatest hobby is football. No wonder in his writing, Ximen Xiaoxin often mentions football and that 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup that brought shame to Chinese football. When in the mood, Zhu Zhu would wear an AC Milan jersey to visit me, and at that moment, you really feel this boy with an innocent heart, not just a writer. The best time to read Zhu Zhu’s novels is on a gloomy day—not because his works are dark, but because he can take you along to search for the sun...