Perform

Author: Hainan
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: The author makes a first attempt to adopt a male perspective, showcasing three 30-year-old men who embark on a journey and open up three different destinies. The entire book begins with a brief trip, depicting the relationships between the three men and women in their past, present, and future timelines. To break free from the constraints of society, family, and obligations, the three men decide to travel with alternative partners besides their wives and girlfriends. This seemingly transcendent journey does not bring them relief but instead brings more troubles to their future lives. The increasingly complex relationships between men and women in real life leave them exhausted, prompting them to plan a new, distant story. The three men in this new journey each have their own stage in life, performing with all their wits. They perform their vulnerable faces, perform their various tricks on women; and most importantly, their futile dance of life, unable to escape self-imprisonment in daily life.