My Shanghai. My paradise.

Author: Han Jieyu
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Delayed turning on the light, delayed countless memories, your rosy face full of spring, making peach blossoms and plums speak without words, making flowers and grass pay attention, making even the cicadas unable to help but chirp—this is what is called "a love of paradise." Living in Shanghai for over twenty years, Shanghai has always been too captivating for me to gaze upon. The theme of Shanghai in my eyes is the central focus of this collection of essays. Although I had been mulling over this theme for a long time beforehand, the writing process was so emotionally intense that when I finally finished and read through it, I realized that the word "paradise" alone was not enough to encompass all my thoughts, emotions, breaths, and pulses. Because everything about Shanghai is real and concrete, it encompasses my private life, memories, collections, and emotions growing up in Shanghai.