Noodles with Braised Sauce

Author: An Duo Xuan
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: In the story, a seventeen-year-old boy runs away from home to ride his beloved motorcycle. He takes a job at a Chinese restaurant, delivering a type of Chinese food—fried sauce noodles. Through the boy's perspective, the novel depicts his parents, the chef he meets at the restaurant, his friends, his favorite racing experiences, and his first love, a girl from a beauty salon. It even explores his feelings for things like onions and the sea. In the boy's eyes, these seemingly mundane and trivial things form a complete world. While adults may find this world commonplace and unremarkable, for the boy, it is fresh and full of interest, making readers naturally adopt his perspective while reading and re-examine these elements. Some parts may seem ordinary, but they are sincere and worth savoring, much like the boy abruptly hangs up the phone, unwilling to listen to his girlfriend's words about breaking up.