Last lover

Author: Can Xu
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: "Every corner of the world hides such stories." Clear shadows appeared in her mind, like a crowd of people or beasts. Lisa felt a horn blowing in the darkness of her abdomen. Her foot caught on something, and she almost fell but didn’t. She spread her arms like a large bird, trying to maintain balance, and then staggered forward.
As for Chinese literature, Can Xu is a revolution—she is one of the most interesting and creative Chinese writers to appear before Western readers in recent years. —[American] Charlotte Innes
Can Xu is one of the most creative voices in Chinese literature since the mid-20th century. In short, a new world master has emerged among us, and her name is Can Xu. —[American] Robert Coover
Can Xu has created a symbolic and fresh language from a world that seems to be on the brink of collapse. —[French] The New York Times
Can Xu’s works resemble Francis Bacon’s paintings, portraying China’s nightmare. —[French] Le Monde
Isn’t Can Xu’s work a strong and pioneering work of the new "world literature"? —[Japanese] The Yomiuri Shimbun
As everyone knows, Can Xu’s novels are the kind that once you engage with them, you want to give up, but they don’t give up on you. Why? Because Can Xu is a true mystery, a central mystery of literature. —[Japanese] Chikako Takeda
She immerses herself in terrifying imagery while retaining a quiet kindness. —[American] Brad Maro
Can Xu is a true literary isolate who silently enters the classics amidst the hustle and bustle of the city, meeting masters of past generations—a rare talent who lives modestly and writes solidly in a flashy era while maintaining literary dignity and the vitality of the soul. As one of the earliest female writers with a sharp feminist consciousness in contemporary times, Can Xu’s aloof and detached demeanor is difficult to categorize. Yet, with her eccentric feminine sensibility and sharp, unconventional perception, she not only distinguishes herself from the writing of Chinese women before her but also rivals male writers of her generation. —Chen Xiaoming
This book takes the complex, winding, and even mysterious relationships between a husband and wife, lovers and lovers as its main thread, forcibly illuminating the deepest, darkest, almost beast-like desires within each protagonist with light obtained from heaven. It allows boiling wildness and advanced civilization to collide and kill in the unseen world, ultimately merging into one, presenting the readers with one after another scene that is both filled with layers of implication and radiates purity and brilliance. For readers, stepping into the world of the protagonists is like diving into the depths of their own desires. There, alien landscapes form an eternal temptation, calling people to leave the dusty secular world and undergo a condensed baptism of love. The book equates art and love, expressing the author’s highest ideals.