Half an orange

Author: Guo Qiao
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book tells the different emotional and marital experiences of two single women living in France, as well as their similar life situations and insights after emotional "failures." One of the protagonists, Lianlian, is inspired by the "feminist revolution" in France and her landlady, Caroline, to embark on a journey of pursuing freedom and independence—a "personal revolution." She breaks through with the "orgasm" to achieve infinite personal growth, but sacrifices a one-year marriage engagement in the process. Due to a heavy emotional failure and mild depression, she is forced to leave Paris and forms the views that men and women have a "rival" relationship, "the body determines love," and "Paris love supermarket." The other protagonist, Liu Latin, is a loveist with a strong material desire. She meticulously calculates time and again but is ultimately tricked by marriage. She eventually leaves Paris and settles in Vietnam due to her boyfriend being imprisoned and her own caution against police pursuit.