The Age of Farewell

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✨ Li Zishu's first novel

✨"Asia Weekly" "Top Ten Chinese Novels in the World in 2010"

✨ The 11th Huazong Literary Award

✨ 2011 China Times Kaijuan Good Book Award

✨ The 4th "Dream of Red Mansions Award" Expert Recommendation Award

※Editor's Recommendation※

✨Reprinted ten years later

✨ A narrative within a narrative within a book

✨ Say goodbye to everything that has disappeared and will disappear!

✨ Before "Vulgar Land", Li Zishu had poured all his experience and talent into "The Age of Farewell" without reservation.

A fleeing man, a frantic woman. Lost words, a damp town. Intertwined time and space, suspended in song, and fate flowing on its own.

After the birth of "Vulgar Land", looking back at these familiar elements, "The Age of Farewell" has undoubtedly taken on new life. Before retreating to the true nature of life, it retains the talent and ambition that are rare in young writers.

※Introduction※

You are reading this book.

This is a novel, a long one.

It looks ancient.

But there is almost no sign of it being turned over.

Its page number actually starts from 513,

It seems that page 1 of this book

Actually, it’s page 513 of the novel…

You are a teenager living in an old hotel called the Mayflower. After your mother passes away from illness, you follow her last words and go to a quiet corner of the library, where you find a "big book" called "The Age of Farewell."

Dulian is the daughter of a street vendor who, by chance, marries Gangbo, a small-time gang leader who is more than 20 years her senior. Unbeknownst to her, she is actually the protagonist of the novel "The Age of Farewell."

After you finish reading this book, Durian's story gradually becomes clearer, and your own dark life story also slowly comes to light...

※Recommended by famous experts※

Whether writing family stories with a touch of historical significance or sketching the fleeting glimpses of contemporary life, Li Zishu excels at both. Creating a rich and eerie atmosphere to illuminate the dark corners of life is particularly her forte.

—Literary critic Wang Dewei

The first Malaysian Chinese female writer.

—Literary critic Zheng Shusen

In the Malaysian Chinese literary world where literary conditions are extremely poor, Li Zishu is a miracle no matter from which angle you look at it.

——Famous writer Huang Jinshu

I think this novel can be seen as a vivid re-creation of some lost novelistic technique, a magnificent stage being created from an impossible void. As a reader, I feel extremely happy; as a contemporary Chinese novelist, I think she is a rare, top-notch, and formidable rival.

——Famous writer Luo Yijun

2022-09-01

北京十月文艺出版社

October Culture

365

9787530222317