Aurora Borealis

Author: Zhang Kankang
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: This book is one of the "Debate Literature Series of the New Period," and it selects four articles by Zhang Kankang, Zhang Xiaotian, Zhang Xinxin, and Zhang Xinxin, along with reviews of these four articles by various critics. "The Aurora" follows the story of Lu Qin, who pursues love and life. At the end of the novel, the "blindingly dazzling" aurora she imagined disappears, and she finally finds the "humble light of life" in Zeng Chu. "Open 'Internal Reference'" primarily focuses on the emotional entanglement between reporter Lu Qinfang and female college student Ge Yilan during an interview at a university. It mixes these arguments with the so-called "sexual liberation" rhetoric and vulgar remarks to create a hybrid artistic image of a contemporary female college student—an advocate of "sexual liberation"—a female ruffian. "On the Same Horizon" depicts two generations of young people who have experienced the turbulent and chaotic decade of the "Cultural Revolution," having been sent to remote areas for labor and enduring numerous hardships and tortures. "The Dreams of Our Generation" vividly portrays a young professional woman whose psychological balance is lost, her life loses support, and her ideals ultimately fade into illusion under the pressure of monotonous work, a bland marital life, and trivial household chores.