Youth Faction

Author: Wang Qiyi
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Awarded the Excellent Work Award at the First Global Chinese Youth Writing Competition. A slight and real groan occurs somewhere in me when I get closer to you. A tragic beauty of youth, the champion of online clicks! Life is elsewhere, but where is elsewhere? No one knows, no one is willing to know. If a person commits the crime of violating the law of proportion, making something too small bear too large a volume—such as a boat that is too small but too large in volume, a body that is too small but consumes too much, a heart that is too small but holds too much power—the result will always be complete destruction. —Plato. The pain of growing up is vividly depicted in simple narration. The interweaving of simple narration and recollection allows readers to feel the questions, pains, and losses of growing up, as well as the longing for pure love, without distance. The revelation of youth's pain in the work is both sorrowful and authentic, possessing a heart-stirring power. The work expresses the protagonist's transcendence over the twists of youth and a sudden realization in retrospect, as well as the desire for pure emotions. Regarding the cruelty of growing up, the work does not focus on external manifestations but on the protagonist's psychological choices. Using narration as the warp and recollection as the weft, the work is rich in content and profound in depth, possessing a relatively strong aesthetic significance. This "Crown Series," a collection of excellent works from the competition, includes six outstanding long novels and some short and medium-length works. Some things don't need to be cared about, like failure; some things shouldn't be afraid to try, like experimentation. Try to use your pen to record your unique youth, and in years to come, you will be moved by your own handwriting—this is also your life's wealth.