Only loneliness

Author: Che Er
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Who can be like the protagonist of this book, exhausting almost all ways to go to the United States, including flying, taking trains, buses, driving, and even walking from Canada into the United States! He also invented a rolling visa method for his family to reunite in the U.S. When so many Chinese people are forced to give up by visa officers, he digs deep, persistent, and never misses any opportunity. In this sense, The Only Solitude can be called an encyclopedia of going to the United States, and it is an eye-opening and worth-keeping encyclopedia. You will feel the visual and emotional impact of this book. When everyone directs praise toward the legal system of the United States, this book presents the opposite example, and it is a living example! Men should read this book—it tells you how to care for women; women should read this book—it tells you what it means to understand men. So many stories of joy and sorrow in history are caused by misunderstandings between men and women, and these stories continue. The tempers of men and women are like the intermittent geysers in Yellowstone Park—they erupt from time to time. Men's outbursts are predictable, while women's are unpredictable. They have better ability to hold their breath than men, and their eruptions are also more intense. The protagonist, Qu Zhe, is a Chinese person who worked in France, got married, and had children, living a warm family life for many years before moving to New York for work. His family was repeatedly denied visas, and separation caused a rift between him and his wife. After finally reuniting in the U.S., they faced the 9/11 attacks, and Qu Zhe's office was destroyed. His wife's emotions were affected, and during a fierce argument, she kicked her in-laws out and obtained a restraining order preventing her husband from returning home. Under the shadow of lengthy legal battles and legal sanctions, helpless Qu Zhe had no choice but to leave his beloved daughter and the home he had built for her, returning to Beijing alone in solitude. The work tells a family tragedy with real-life details. Against the backdrop of three vastly different cultures—China, Europe, and the United States—it reflects the contradictions and conflicts between tradition and modernity, East and West, ethics and legal dogma, and reflects the helplessness and bitterness caused by absurd regulations in highly developed societies. The book covers Qu Zhe, the man; Weiwei, the child; Hanghan, the woman; Reunion in New York; and the Times in New York.