Stroll in the thorn field

Author: Hu Bu Gui
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: This is a novel describing the growth of the human mind and soul, an elegy for ideal love, and a "Laozi" written in modern language. The "I" in the book is undoubtedly a brand-new literary figure, yet we seem to find him familiar. In terms of his ambition to duel with society, he is somewhat like Julien in The Red and the Black; from an aesthetic perspective, he does not reject Werther from Goethe's works; in his pursuit of art, he is the Chinese version of Stephen in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; regarding his spirit of exploration, he might be very willing to follow Captain Ahab from Moby Dick; as for his devotion to love, perhaps only Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights can match him. In short, the author offers readers not just a book, but a person; not the growth of one individual, but a person in the process of growing. Let us choose him as our friend!