Take me away: Zhang Kankang's New Novel: Zhang Kankang's New Novel

Author: Zhang Kankang
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: "Take me away" is a suspenseful phrase. Who will take me away? Where will I go? Why do I want to be taken away? Do I really need to be taken away by others? Will I really go with that person? In the end, who took whom away? Everything that could possibly happen in this process, even I myself, don't fully understand. It is the story, or perhaps life itself, that guides my thoughts and pen as they walk. Where are they, he and she, truly going? Or perhaps it doesn't matter where they go, what matters is—cannot linger. We keep trying to move forward. What awaits us at the front or the end, we don't truly know. It is the future that humans cannot grasp, and we merely hope and expect that it may be better than yesterday. Therefore, we occasionally need to turn back and look. If the sun comes from ahead, only by turning back can we clearly see our shadows. Many years have passed, and how many past events have been buried, yet I still cannot forget those stories. Time is like a small path covered in weeds. My intuition tells me that if I clear away those thorns and brambles and walk forward, there must have been ruins and footprints before. Although that era seems very distant, it is also clearly before my eyes. Recalling the past is not just for nostalgia, but because the past continues and has never truly ended. The so-called youth worker-themed novels have not been fully exhausted; perhaps they have just begun—this is because our understanding of ourselves and history is always seeking new starting points. In recent years, people who exercise in the morning and evening have become popular with a "walking backward" exercise (Preface). This album is a collection of 5 middle-length stories and 2 short stories. In this series of works, Zhang Kankang takes the emotional life of urban women as the main thread, using a unique and delicate brushstroke to vividly depict the current living state of the "youth worker" generation, the hustle and helplessness of contemporary urban small figures, and the various temptations and conflicts faced by women in different fields during a time of change. The highly condensed text reflects the collision between history and reality, exploring the depths of human nature. Among the main works, "Take me away" and "Sesame" were recently completed, with the former having been optioned for a high-priced TV adaptation.