Cursed Sorrow

Author: Jie Chen
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: I regard writing as a boat to navigate through this life. But I don’t worship writing as a deity. Throughout history, there have been far too many great books and talented writers, and I am but a negligible one among them. Sometimes, thinking this way, I also feel that writing itself is quite hollow. Having only writing as a boat for a lifetime can be quite monotonous. If I can find other boats in the future, perhaps I will jump onto them. Some critics describe Jie Chen as a "study-room writer" or an "introspective writer." Indeed, she is often lost in books, films, photography, and painting. She analyzes the entanglement and disalignment of gender relationships, explores the struggles and disorientation of people in extreme situations, delves into the complexities and interweaving of beauty across different civilizations and mediums, peeks into the profound meanings behind cultural and historical gossip, and captures the delicate and subtle thoughts that connect to widely known classics, observing them through her unique perspective. At the same time, she opens a half-hidden window after another, bringing us images and secrets eroded and accumulated by time, along with her unique insights.