Slowly Smile -- Mao Jian's Self-Selected Collection

Author: Mao Jian
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Features: The themes covered in this book can be roughly divided into literature and film. Mao Jian's passion for film reaches the level of obsession. In Passing Years in Light and Shadow, she explains: "Looking back, I watched so many films as a child and never once was late. I never missed even the educational shorts that were shown before the main feature. It seems everyone is fascinated by the moment the lights suddenly go out—that moment is the shape of dreams, the soul leaving the body, not knowing what year it is." Besides literature and film, the book also includes half of its content as Mao Jian's miscellaneous writings about the human world. She was born in Shanghai and studied in Hong Kong. The bustling life of these two places flows before her eyes, and after experiencing it for a long time, her observations on people and the world naturally make her more understanding and sensible than those born in the countryside. When it comes to storytelling, she is unmatched.