Crow -- My Alternative Study Abroad Life

Author: Ji Dan
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Unlike typical novels that depict Chinese people overcoming hardships in foreign countries to achieve success, author Ji Dan portrays a group of mainland women like Wang Yao and Fen who resort to any means to survive and stay in the foreign land for the long term. They engage in fierce competition, even selling their bodies, but in the end, they remain a group of women, exhausted and scarred both physically and mentally. With her keen, delicate, and unique perception, and fresh, eerie prose, the author presents to readers a heavy tapestry of "the other is hell," depicting the harsh and dirty living environment, the simple and base survival goals, the twisted and ugly human nature, and the loneliness and helplessness of people. It is believed that after reading the alternative life of some overseas students unveiled by the author, many readers will ponder deeply rather than be misled by the seemingly sensational surface descriptions of sex.