Tear (Figure text)

Author: Li Xiwen
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: The story takes place in Japan, centered around a Chinese couple living there. Among their fellow countrymen who have crossed the sea to Japan, some dominate their undergraduate classes, some shock the audience with their PhD defense speeches, some gain fame as young scholars, and some rise to prominence through their expertise. Their love stories are undoubtedly filled with more cherry blossoms than tears. However, the author's pen always points toward the suffering of the world, making people gaze at the sorrowful faces. The female protagonist, Lan Kouzi, is a plump Beijing girl lost in the vast sea of Tokyo. A man holding an urn sits on a train and walks the streets, his purpose to find a burial place for the girl he has lost. The train line that once portrayed "Watanabe" and "Nakazato" in Norwegian Wood now depicts the desperate love of two outcasts from distant lands. During their search, unbearable memories emerge one by one from the thick fog of Tokyo: a monster-like Tokyo, breathtaking scenery...