Slowly Smile: Mao Jian Self-Selected Collection

Author: Mao Jian
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The themes covered in this book can be broadly categorized into literature and film. Mao Jian's passion for film reaches the level of obsession. In Fleeting Moments in the Light and Shadow, she explains: "Looking back, watching so many films in my youth, I never missed a single one, not even the educational shorts shown before the main feature. It seems everyone is fascinated by the moment the lights suddenly go out— that moment is the shape of dreams, the soul leaving the body, not knowing what year it is." Besides literature and film, this book also includes half of its content as Mao Jian's personal reflections on the human world. Born in Shanghai and educated in Hong Kong, she has witnessed the complexities of life in both places. After prolonged exposure, her observations on people and the world are naturally more insightful than those of her hometown peers. When it comes to storytelling, she is truly unmatched.