Nurturing Book Series - Abu

Author: Zhang Guaren
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: kidult = kid (child) + adult (adult), the kidult generation is entwined with innocence and passion, confusion and pursuit! They are adults with rich knowledge and sharp insights; yet they remain kids, full of curiosity for new things and constantly seeking joy. They are carefree, spontaneous, and always do what they love; they are trendsetters, dedicated to every young person living in a dream, forever retaining their childlike hearts.
Bear Ab, like every one of you and like every one of me, has boundless dreams but always struggles to find his place. This is a (a fast-food era). I cannot say it is a tragedy of the world mocking people, but if a society completely loses innocence, that is a tragedy. Zhang Guaren's Ab brings us beauty, purity, and hope. It is a humorous and witty fairy-tale-style youth novel, dedicated to every young person living in a dream and the kidult generation that forever retains their childlike hearts.
The chubby bear village youth, Bear Ab, is kind and upright, always willing to help, but sometimes he also plays little tricks and schemes. He is like you and like me, with boundless dreams but always struggling to find his place. When dating his favorite girl, he always feels awkward and cannot let her into his beautiful inner world. He watches his first love walk away with someone else's arm but smiles and lies for her. He joins the "Chopsticks War" just so the girl can see him on TV. He spends five years of his youth at Baohao School with his close friends, Squirrel Big Tooth and Monkey A Zhu, growing up in different ways.
The author boldly explores writing a youth novel in a fairy-tale style, with laughter and criticism, exaggerating to the extreme, yet still able to control the tone, blending reality and fantasy to portray the ever-changing moods of adolescence and the diverse characters. With a humorous and funny style, absurd language, and rich imagination, the novel analyzes and satirizes the many unsatisfactory aspects of life, reflecting a beautiful and pure world. It brings readers a brand-new reading experience and provokes deep reflection on the current kidult generation.