Lost Tokyo: An Account of the Emotional Survival of Chinese People in Japan

Author: Lin Yin
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Undoubtedly, each story has a close connection to real life. What they present to me are clips of ukiyo-e-style love stories among Chinese in Tokyo. The author delves deeply into the various corners of love lives of Chinese in Tokyo with a keen touch, sincerely showcasing the rich emotional world of overseas Chinese. Lin Yin's writing is smooth, light, concise, and accurate. The sentences she weaves are sometimes playful. What I unexpectedly noticed is that every story is about love, about passion, and naturally, it's inseparable from sex, yet it's written so cleanly, unlike some domestic publications that are shamelessly vulgar. If I say that these stories are entirely derived from real life, and every story and character has a real-life counterpart to be traced, you might not believe it. However, the more legendary and the more unbelievable the stories, the more naturally they feel, as if they were never artificially crafted. This is precisely what amazes me—the imagination and creativity of any individual can never surpass the truth of life. For some reason, I stubbornly believe that in Japan, women not only live more vibrantly but also possess a more shameless courage and resilience in life compared to men. Moreover, they can be more open and pursue the love they desire, even just to survive uncompromisingly. Apart from the raw pursuit of desire, men are comparatively much more monotonous and selfish.