Tear：

Author: Li Xiwen
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: The story takes place in Japan, focusing on a Chinese couple living there. Among fellow countrymen who have crossed the sea to Japan, some dominate undergraduate classes, some stun with their doctoral thesis defenses, 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 hardships of the human world, making people gaze at the tragic faces filled with sorrow. The female protagonist, Lan Kouzi, is a plump Beijing girl lost in the vast sea of Tokyo. A man holding a coffin sits on a train and walks the streets, his purpose to find a burial place for the girl he has lost. The train route that once portrayed "Watanabe" and "Nakazato" in Norwegian Wood now depicts the desperate love of two outcasts from distant lands. During the search, unbearable memories emerge one by one from the dense fog of Tokyo: a monster-like Tokyo, extraordinary scenery...