Farewell to Paradise

Author: Di An
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: With her astonishing talent, Di An tells us a pure yet utterly chaotic love story of five lonely children who are madly in love during their youth: the warm yet stubborn Tian Yang, the dazzling yet fragile Feng Huoquan, the slightly bad but not too bad Xiao Qiang, the silly and lovable Zhou Lei, and Jiang Dong, who is clearly more sensitive than anyone else but too shy to admit it. The tragic love between them, "because they loved each other so deeply, they hurt each other," moves you to tears and makes you painfully reflect on the pain and sorrow. Chapter back to the original place Chengdu is a city of pleasure, which was very suitable for me. Then why did I lose such a good job? Was it because Manager Wei said I was a waste of space? That old woman treats everyone like that. If it were usual, I could still make a few witty remarks to make her laugh. I believe she was waiting for me to do so while she cursed me. But I expressionlessly threw that silly "Qian Mei" skincare product copy onto her desk. She was startled, and so was I. "I quit." I told her, word by word. A minute later, I asked myself: What was I trying to prove? I hadn’t paid my rent for this month yet. I’m not usually an impulsive person. So—was it because of that invitation? A bright red wedding invitation. I was stunned when I saw it. Opening it, I saw Feng Xianglan’s name—it was her wedding. Damn it, she could still get married, this world.
When the author was young, she studied abroad in France, telling a coming-of-age story. The novel tells the current state of four protagonists from their perspectives, thus reminiscing about their high school life and emotions, especially the emotions. The characters in the book are as ordinary as our former playmates and classmates, but perhaps because of their ordinariness, the melancholic and beautiful prose deeply touches readers. The novel was widely praised online and called the "youth novel that vindicates the '80s generation."