Invisible balcony

Author: Wu Meizhen
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: "It can bloom flowers and also harvest vegetables, reach for the stars and clouds with your hands, and no one can see the beautiful balcony."—Oh, it's the best balcony! I've always remembered what Gesang told me. He said, you must believe that the balcony has always been there! The Invisible Balcony, Kiss Kiss Sisters' Slope, Angel Knows I Love Him, and The Beautiful Accident are four youth picture novels that Wu Meizhen and Yu Yujun have devotedly presented. This series of novels is composed of a magnificent robe made of the lively spirit of youth, the dynamic emotions of youth, and the magnificent yet pure dreams of youth. Yu Yujun's works have always infected readers with their lively spirit of youth. Her words are full of vitality, dynamism, tension, and a sense of fashion. Angel Knows I Love Him is a collection of four short stories. Her short stories are largely like youthful declarations full of vigor, or like fluttering youthful banners. The Beautiful Accident is composed of four short stories. Yu Yujun often enters the works in the first person, freely observing and portraying the young men and women around her, while also effortlessly expressing her own inner world and emotional realm. Wu Meizhen's The Invisible Balcony and Kiss Kiss Sisters' Slope are two exploratory long novels. The protagonist of The Invisible Balcony is a sixteen-year-old girl who witnesses her aunt's innocent yet persistent love. In the book, she is both a witness and a feeler. In a sense, this is a book that reflects the theme of "education of love." Her aunt's attitude toward love—determined, patient, and hopeful—is full of fairy-tale and idealistic colors. In Wu Meizhen's novels, there is a thick, indissoluble tenderness. This is one of the main reasons why her works are so popular with readers. Kiss Kiss Sisters' Slope is a long novel about the between sisters from a broken family. She vividly portrays the strong-willed, jealous, selfish, and narrow-minded psychology of little girls. Whether in The Invisible Balcony or in Kiss Kiss Sisters' Slope, the author is very good at constructing her stories based on the correspondence between characters' personalities and destinies. Moreover, the author reveals the inner world of the characters and the emotional conflicts between people very well. Both of these long novels carry a tragic hue. Wu Meizhen likes to gradually destroy these beautiful emotions and humanity in a very elegant way, allowing us to understand the importance of cherishing and protecting them. Her works are all tinged with melancholy. The illustrations in this series of youth picture novels can be said to be an interpretation of the works' imagery. Every detail related to youth is depicted within. Although youth is a magnificent robe, it also carries the taste of tears and the feeling of pain.