Like the sky high

Author: Yao Emei
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This is a story about love. They knew each other and fell in love, spending their days together, yet unaware that love had already arrived. She loved one person, and he loved another. By the time they finally realized, life had moved far ahead, and love was destined to fade with the passing years. This is a story about poetry. The 1980s were the golden age of poetry. Amidst the poetic glow, three young people left their small town, embarking on a journey of self-exile, trying to find a beautiful life that could accommodate poetry. This is a story about ideals. To be a successful entrepreneur? To be a slender wandering poet? Or to simply be a farmer who works and studies half the year? Great ideals may not be impossible to achieve, but humble thoughts can consume a lifetime of energy. With clean, transparent poetic language, symbolic characters and plots, themes of passion, freedom, and dreams, it has won the respect of many readers and attracted great attention from numerous writers and critics.