Goats do not eat paradise grass.

Author: Cao Wenxuan
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: To this day, Mingzi still feels completely unfamiliar with this city. He feels the world he lives in is distant, strange, and forever unreachable. To him, the city is something that is forever unexplainable, elusive, and out of reach. This is a vivid and easy-to-read yet thought-provoking young adult novel. A group of hungry sheep, faced with a noble and tempting paradise grass, refuse to lower their heads. Days later, they die one by one in a tragic manner. Due to the pressures of life, the novel's protagonist is forced to leave his homeland and follow his master into the outside world to make a living. Yet, they seem to be forever unable to truly enter that world. Through the hardships of life and the harsh realities of society, the novel portrays the protagonist's turbulent inner journey and their actions that reflect both their strengths and weaknesses. However, the entire work resonates with an uplifting melody that praises morality and justice, playing a resounding symphony of the triumph of human character. The novel is written with passion, offers delicate descriptions, and features realistic and well-rounded characters with a strong sense of dimension. Especially notable is how the work skillfully blends life, existence, fate, philosophy, symbolism, and refined aesthetic sensibilities into a cohesive whole, making the work both profound and rich in artistic charm.