Dysmenorrhea

Author: Xie Hang
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: "Dysmenorrhea" truly fits the name of this book. A physiological phenomenon of girls, yet it hints at the agonizing pain of a teenager's first love. Moreover, the book is always filled with warmth and care for women, while filled with satire for the absurdity of the adult world. The adult world is absurd, childhood is naive, how can the loneliness and solitude of youth, which is ignored, be resolved? How can the budding desires in reality not harm oneself? While high school student Zhong Yang struggles to meet the expectations of his parents and teachers, he is filled with frustration and repression. He desperately seeks opportunities to release all this—watching adult films, peeping, and getting drunk with his classmates' relationships—all of which are thwarted by his parents and teachers. Ironically, Wang Jiaming's love for him is openly declared in public. The new English teacher, Lan Zhen, is the cold and elegant woman he has been secretly watching. Lan Zhen persists in her love with the photographer, Kuchu, yet she only waits and feels lost. On the night of the photographer's despair, Lan Zhen accepts Zhong Yang's passionate desire. Just then, Zhong Yang's father appears, and the absurdity and hypocrisy of the adult world follow one after another. On the nights when the girls he loves experience dysmenorrhea, Zhong Yang always gently comforts them with his warm hands. At this moment, the pain he feels is also tearing at him, making his pure soul roll and struggle, filling him with anger but leaving him unable to vent it.