Knives and knives

Author: He Dacao
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This is a typical Chinese version of The Catcher in the Rye, holding significant value in the genre of coming-of-age novels. It sharply and accurately captures the inner turmoil, confusion, violence, indulgence, and rebellious spirit during the process of growing up, confronting human nature and stirring the soul. At the same time, it poses severe questions to the current education system and teaching methods. The language of the novel is excellent, showing great skill in subtle details, such as the descriptions of the various sensations of a knife—truly breathtaking. It is the best youth novel I've read in recent years, portraying the intensity of youth and the painful helplessness so well. The love and friendship of the naive period, the fantasies and desires of the rebellious years, seem to be affirmed by words, suddenly revealing the truth. The bloody physical encounters and the dark, meaningless spiritual situations are encountered so authentically together. I love this mode of monologue—it recaptures our most intimate youth experiences. This novel not only helps teenagers understand themselves but also assists adults in reminiscing about their youth and recognizing themselves. – Ge Hongbing (Famous Critic)
Synopsis: An 18-year-old girl, whose lucky charms are not rouge or jade pendants, but two cold knives. Knives and knives, dyeing youth into deep colors. She longs for love but keeps stubbornly short hair, she is playfully indifferent but guards her sincerity, she suffers bullying but rises in defiance. This is a school looked down upon by others, the silent majority. From campus to the streets, her anger and confusion are left behind. In her class, the wealthy Ali becomes a lamb in contention, like a battle of all against all, filled with tension and confrontation. Eighteen is also a dazzling, colorful world. Where there is a world like this, there will be a hegemon, strategy and bloodshed, and the use and counteruse of the adult world. Together with her companions—Jojo, the charming and mysterious one, Eva, the mixed-race genius, Tao Tao, the strong and gloomy one, Bao Jingsheng, the burly and rough one, and others like...