Post-Apocalyptic Love - Masterpieces of Modern Famous Authors

Author: Can Xu
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book selects 11 short stories and novellas from the contemporary "literary backbone" Can Xu. Among them, "Love in the Apocalypse" is highly readable compared to her usual writing style. It is still a story set in a small town, where the Fourth Uncle is an elderly man living alone with an empty room. Because of this room, many people speculate that he is dating the widow of the Luo family's wine shop. Gradually, the Fourth Uncle really begins to have romantic dates with the widow. At the same time, the Fourth Uncle also becomes obsessed with burning paper money for the dead with the Luo widow. Later, the Fourth Uncle's house is scheduled for demolition, accompanied by rumors that the Luo widow has a new lover. In the end, the Fourth Uncle is arrested for allegedly obstructing the demolition, and the informant is none other than the Luo widow. The novel remains full of Can Xu's characteristic mystery, but the Fourth Uncle's deep and persistent love for love, the widow's hesitant love psychology, and her subsequent guilt, as well as the "spectator" mentality of the townspeople, are all vividly revealed.