Crickets also eat stimulants.

Author: Zhang Luozhi
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Outstanding author's self-recommendation Outstanding works, classic reading material with reading value and collectible status. "Youth is a fairy tale of life, seemingly dreamlike and detached; youth is a tart fruit, desires burning secretively within the body; youth has the pangs of growth, like pimples, secreting rebellion and confusion; youth also has a kind of cruelty, trying every means to prove its existence." In Crickets Also Eat Stimulants, Zhang Luozhi describes the growth process of children in poetic language. The sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, and salty experiences felt in education, family, society, personal growth, family affection, friendship, interaction, communication, future, ideals, and life are all unforgettable for everyone throughout their lives. Because we all walk through youth, the flavors of this journey are unique to each individual. Confucius said, "At the beginning of life, human nature is good." Youth is also as clear and refreshing as a spring. But it is both the beginning of good and the source of evil. Zhang Luozhi uses his own youthful memories as a third eye to observe children and discovered: "Children's hearts are delicate; once they become as hard as peach pits, it will be too late." Crickets Also Eat Stimulants consists of 14 short stories, primarily focusing on life during middle school and covering various issues of adolescence. It can be said to be a "youth diary" of neither too large nor too small scale. Whether it is the "problem child Xu Weiwu" or the slender "Kung Fu" teacher Xia Yu, the author always observes the world from the perspective of a child. In their eyes, the center of the world is not the fiery battlefield of the US and Iraq, nor the tornado in South Asia, but rather their daily school and home life, and on a larger scale, the city they are constantly immersed in. Crickets Also Eat Stimulants demonstrates the author's skill in digging into and depicting the lives and inner worlds of children. It shows respect for children and considers problems from their perspective and standpoint.