Our Beast

Author: Changjiang Literature and Art
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Known for his close connection with urban life, the author portrays the floating world of seven university graduates from fine arts colleges in the 1980s: from the dreams of campus life in the 1980s to the disillusionment of reality, from the arduous struggles for survival to the cunning and eventual success, showcasing the complex entanglements of a generation with secular life during the transition of the market economy, their desires, loves, and hates, their lives and careers. Through their life trajectories over two decades, the changes in the lifestyle and ethical values of a generation in a time of great transformation are projected. The rich flavors of Changsha further enhance the work. All who have emerged from the 1980s and beyond will see themselves and their generation's history in this work. We Are Beasts is the author He Dun's latest long, known for his close connection with urban life, the author portrays the floating world of seven university graduates from fine arts colleges in the 1980s: from the dreams of campus life in the 1980s to the disillusionment of reality, from the arduous struggles for survival to the cunning and eventual success, showcasing the complex entanglements of a generation with secular life during the transition of the market economy, their desires, loves, and hates, their lives and careers, through their life trajectories over two decades, the changes in the lifestyle and ethical values of a generation in a time of great transformation are projected. The rich flavors of Changsha further enhance the work. All who have emerged from the 1980s and beyond will see themselves and their generation's history in this work.