Love dogs and love men

Author: Tang Xiaoling
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: When people think of Suzhou, they think of beauty, but beauty does not equal goodness. Beauty is neither good nor evil—it is merely a miracle of fragility and decay in the world. Tang Xiaoling writes about "Women of Suzhou," a beauty that is magnificent yet tragic, like a lonely soul that blooms passionately yet serenely under candlelight at a night banquet. Her novels engage with this era in a peculiar way: they bring ancient nightmares to the present world. Tang Xiaoling is now very skilled at capturing the right subjects according to her temperament and talent, finding the right angle to create a realm that is poetic yet painterly. In her artistic sensibility, she sees dreams, yet she also achieves an artistic elevation of reality through the weaving of dreams. At the dinner table, Tang Xiaoling is bold and skilled, showing a spirit that does not shy away from being a woman among men. What is Tang Xiaoling's writing state like? I am not entirely sure, but even from the lines between the words in her novels, one can discern some semblance of it. Her literature is bold yet not lacking in subtlety—she freely expresses passion while also carefully crafting and arranging, striving to reach a state of effortless control. A girl who grew up surrounded by books falls in love with her neighbor's older brother. Repeated misunderstandings cause them to miss each other—a multi-faceted and tragic love story.