Conch Shell Sounds

Author: (Switzerland) Zoe Yanni
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: Georg, tormented by a love that can never be fulfilled, refuses to see anyone and decides to lock himself away in his "prison." Elisa, who cannot win Georg's love and feels lonely, begins to fall silent again. When she cannot endure the silence around her at home, she takes the conch left by her grandmother, opens the window, and her breath passes through the white shell. The sound of the conch travels through the house in all directions. People look in the direction from which the sound comes, thinking it is the sound from another world. "This world is truly wonderful, this world is truly heartbreaking"—this best describes the state of mind of the heroine in Zoe Yanni's works. The heroine's state of mind is most fitting. The heroine's state of mind is most appropriate. The heroine's state of mind is most suitable. The world today is indeed wonderful, material life is becoming increasingly rich and dazzling, but with it comes a sense that people's spiritual world is becoming increasingly empty. Everyone lives centered on their own lives, pursuing self-fulfillment in career and love. There is a lack of communication between people and a shortage of responsibility. Although the story is simple and ordinary, the sorrow and bitterness that subtly emerge in the ordinariness leave a deeper impact.