Island (Vol.7)

Author: Guo Jingming
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: "The Island (Vol. 7)" is the first premium young adult literature series in China, personally directed and primarily written by Guo Jingming. Founded by a group of stylish young people, the young adult literature studio upholds an independent writing style, design, and taste, carrying forward the dream of beautiful Chinese aesthetics and passionate lives, inevitably reigniting the of young adult literature. "The Island (Vol. 7)" is a 12-volume continuous book series edited and planned by Guo Jingming, including his novels, columns, and occasional essays, as well as contributions from guest columnists who achieve the best balance between images and text. You waste nine to eleven thirty in the empty messages left last night, the repetitive and uniform admiration. At one thirty-three, you're in a taxi rushing to the meeting spot, the other person calls to urge you, and you say there's a little traffic on the way. At two o'clock, you see heavy rain falling on the overpass. For three consecutive warm winters, at twelve thirty noon, he didn’t wash his face, repeatedly listening to the song he’d heard countless times. At three thirty-three, you leave the meeting spot with a smile and polite farewell, but there are no empty taxi cabs on the side of the road. I call asking if you want to go shopping. The girls spend an hour getting dressed, wearing white fuzzy tops and black skirts, and at four seventeen, they step out, glancing in the mirror to check their figures. In the elevator, he feels stifled. At four thirty, they rush out of the crowded subway, and you say you’re at Gan’s store. The girls start trying on summer clothes, while he holds the bags, you look down at the latest magazines and biased reports and comments, indifferent. At seven o’clock, everyone hesitates to choose a dinner spot. At eight thirty-three, they buy four movie tickets. He temporarily leaves you to meet a friend and deliver a souvenir brought back from a trip. At nine twenty, it’s the most awkward moment of his day, the atmosphere tense and uneasy. He says goodbye to the other person, feeling that a relationship might end right there. At nine thirty-four, the four of them enter the dark movie theater. Row four, seats six to seven, in the same theater, apart from you, only two couples are sitting in the back corner.