Smile but answer not

Author: Wang Meng
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: Wang Meng's writing is just like this—those who love it can't put it down, while those who dislike it find it trivial and dull. In his old age, Wang Meng became even more mystical, publishing over a hundred short essays in Myriad Phenomena on various aspects of his life. Wang Meng meets an old friend but can't recall his name, Wang Meng reflects on his hometown and what he calls "hometown," Wang Meng gradually forgets everything as he grows older, Wang Meng studies Sun Tzu's childlike language and rereads the works of familiar old writers—all still in typical Wang Meng style, paired with Kang Xiaoyu's cartoons. However, both the writer and the reader are no longer young. Thinking about it, it's really life as Wang Meng saw it: isn't it just like that?