Passed by

Author: Chen Xi
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: The novel "Passing Through" tells the intricate web of emotions and conflicts of interest among 40 characters, successfully depicting 25 different love patterns and relationships. It covers themes such as modern poetry, rock music, online love, performance art, gang rivalries, and bureaucratic politics. The story is vibrant and rich, embodying a profound, heavy yet helpless theme. The emerging young writer Chen Xi spent three years creating this masterpiece. The novel "Passing Through" immediately caused a stir in literary circles upon its release. He presented and interpreted a series of bizarre yet colorful love stories spanning the decade from 1994 to 2004 to readers in a completely new way. It is a rare and outstanding novel with a strong sense of exploration in recent Chinese literary history.
The entire novel is approximately 350,000 words long, with a bold and unrestrained writing style, unique and innovative techniques, and a story that is exaggerated yet exceptionally rational. The structure is complex yet clear, full of suspense and surprises, yet without any. The language is humorous, the word choices precise and distinctive, and the imagination boundless. The vividness and texture of the scenes are extremely strong. At the same time, the novel draws inspiration from cinematic techniques, creating a completely new style similar to "reading a movie" or "experiencing a novel." This style is an expression form that lies between film and literature, offering readers a way to appreciate stories through "visualism," a novelistic approach.