Lost in the Woods (A Novel Involving Campus Themes)

Author: Guo Dan
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: When love and friendship become the inevitabilities of life, have you ever thought about peeling them apart, one strand at a time, to see the future you long for? Have you also, like the characters in the book, suddenly found yourself empty-handed or suddenly full of blessings? In this world of emptiness, what accompanies you through prosperity and decline? What confuses and helpslessness, and what keeps you obsessed and waiting for so much to remain unchanged. Perhaps you will also realize that you have been walking this path yourself. This is a realistic campus experience novel. A group of young people inside and outside the university campus write their youth in various ways. Lin Heming, a handsome teenager, comes alone to a northern university and studies Chinese. With a calm temperament, Lin Heming, along with a group of talented classmates—the "poet" Liu Mo, the "Liangshan brothers" Xu Yingjie, the "elegant and fashionable" Li Qian, the "fashionable beauty" Chen Yiping, and the "classical talent" Shi Xiaohui—. They have different personalities and aspirations, facing the separation and union of emotions, and even when the one they admire has become a confidant of the one they love, and the girl who once swore eternal love has become a confidant of the brother who shares their daily struggles, what will these talented scholars think when they release the pain in their hearts? At the same time, as they sketch their lives amidst the chaotic society, in the gap between the present and the future, are they confused and lost, content with the status quo, or striving to break through? This novel presents a perfect picture of growth through the details of campus life. The characters in the work suddenly find themselves empty-handed, only to be full of blessings in an instant! Sometimes they feel confused and helpless, only to suddenly realize clarity. What kind of feeling is this? Perhaps this sentence can best explain it: Peeling away the inevitabilities of life, one strand at a time, can reveal the future you long for! Perhaps you will also realize that you have been walking this path yourself!