Stranger world

Author: Wang Xinli
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Publish Date: 2000-11-01
Features: This diary-style novel authentically and delicately portrays the lives of the lower strata in urban China at the turn of the century. A pure-hearted girl named Taila, with her bewildered eyes, sorrowful heart, and youthful body, experiences a complex world that is both familiar and strange, filled with family love yet cruel. She struggles along the path fate has given her, recording her observations in honest and revealing words—her and the people living in the small street behind the building where she resides. Are these people striving for something meaningful? Are they creating a life of happiness? Are they pursuing their self-identity? What about their future? And where does self-identity lie? Taila's intimate records are truly humbling.