Magician and Preacher

Author: Xiao Mu Buzhi Ding
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The wandering singer "Magician" and the literary young woman "Preacher" are two young people who have suffered severe trauma in both their minds and bodies. Faced with life and love, they can never escape the shadow of loneliness and destitution. They perpetually waver between sin and punishment, life and death, as if there is an invisible hand—desire and hatred—that hollows out their souls and bodies. They love and hate simultaneously, yet can never understand each other, nor be understood. Thus, in a state of abnormality, they perform a story of the gloom and melancholy of the lonely. The novel's narrative style is unique, with language that is polished and concise, as the story unfolds between reality and fantasy.