Wang Shuo Collection · Never Treat Me as a Person

Author: Wang Shuo
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: Wang Shuo is lonely in our time. It is he who has persistently upheld the tradition of realism in Chinese literature, facing life with a spirit of honesty. Most people are deceived by the apparent playfulness and rebellious tone of his work, failing to see that at his core, he is a true enlightenment thinker. They overlook the deep humanistic spirit revealed in his novels, his compassion for the underdogs, his longing for love, and his pursuit of the value of individual existence. These books were written ten years ago or earlier. At that time, I was very self-assured, believing in many things and disbelieving in many others. I had strong desires and thought that what I knew was all there was. The people, scenes, and conversations in these books are from my past experiences, unremarkable in life. I only found them interesting because I didn’t know more, and I wrote them down with a show of confidence. These scenes no longer exist, the people have scattered, the living have aged prematurely, and I no longer speak or view myself in the same way. Sometimes, I feel that I have lost the ability to continue writing.