Sudden tomorrow

Author: Guo Xiaoli
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The innocent and kind-hearted youth Zhang San leaves his hometown to come to City W, pursuing a hopeless love. The harsh reality forces him to struggle for survival like most people. After experiencing many people and things, he reexamines this unfamiliar city from the perspective of an outsider, only to find that beneath the surface of the bustling metropolis lies an extreme surge of desires. The book portrays various urban personalities distorted by material desires. The cynical and unrestrained tree; Jiang Mai, who rises to fame by treating men as stepping stones for her career; Wang Chao and Yang Yuanyuan, who recently escaped an unhappy marriage but were torn apart by fate before they could taste happiness; the self-absorbed, extremely selfish poet Shen Liping, who eventually suffers from mental breakdown; the cunning Luo Lan, who is deceived by false love and dies under the wheels; Yu Guoqing, who is shrewd and treacherous in the political arena; and the unscrupulous businessman Mark, all become victims of their own or others' desires. As an observer, Zhang San witnesses this tragic scene and gains new insights and reflections on life, realizing that only those who cherish life truly possess it.