Location of characters: Diary of a Working Man

Author: Wang Lianggui
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Daily life is not just a state of being, but also an attitude towards life: shedding pretense and facing reality. With this attitude, we can expect a candid and authentic text. Because of its candor, it allows you to see the core of life; because of its simplicity, it possesses the power to touch the heart. We hope this "Daily Writing" series honestly confronts real life, recording what ordinary people experience, endure, care about, and worry about, without any pretense. We want those parts intimately connected to our very being—those that trouble us, cause us pain, and disturb our peace. At the same time, we desire the everyday way of describing daily life, or the everyday mindset. We hope the writers are not outsiders who enter to discover some superficial passion in others' lives; rather, they are people who live and write within the fabric of daily life. For them, writing is not a profession, a skill, or a means of livelihood, but a part of daily existence—a way to record life and extend oneself in leisure. The words thus written are like our skin, able to feel and convey our body temperature and heartbeat.