Laugh at me: New Urban Novel Series

Author: Roger
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: This is a contemporary urban youth novel in the style of black humor, depicting the survival state of the later-generation population. At the same time, the novel mercilessly satirizes and critiques various vulgar cultural phenomena and urban phenomena of the time (online culture, Chinese television culture, Chinese radio culture, Chinese advertising culture, the culture of the "new new humans," contemporary wedding culture, Chinese football phenomenon, popular fiction culture, Hong Kong and Taiwan culture, including itself). It touches upon modern people's reflections and judgments on human nature, money, and sexuality. The language is colloquial, concise, fresh, sharp, and humorous. The novel is filled with a strong sense of self-mockery throughout, portraying a philosophy of life, with a self-trend consciousness that is relatively lacking in contemporary literature. It leaves readers laughing through tears. The novel follows the love story of the protagonist, depicting a vivid comic scroll of the cultural and love lives of contemporary urban people. The structure of the novel is unique, and it is highly readable. But it is not a novel you have read before; it does not tell a story about "what life is"; it does not express existence in a affirmative way. In short, it is a book for unlucky people, a book for unintelligent people. In this world, unlucky people are always more numerous than lucky ones, and foolish people are always more numerous than those who are considered smart. Like winning the lottery, it is always a privilege of the few. Therefore, the novel speaks for the ordinary masses living in frustration, for the new generation and later-generation population.