vulgar

"Asia Weekly" 2020 Top Ten Novels Chinese Literature Surprise Harvest Wang Dewei x Wang Anyi Strongly Recommended "Li Zishu Injects Some Rare Tenderness into Contemporary Malaysian Chinese Literature"
"Vulgar Place" begins with the small society in Malaysia's Tin City, which is called "Lou Shang Lou" by the residents. It tells the mundane affairs of the ordinary people in the city, and the twists and turns of the plot seem to summon the important little things in life.
In "Upstairs and Downstairs", they are like candles in the wind, seemingly fragile but actually strong. Once they leave, they drift in the sea of people; as if the day they leave also means that the difficulties have been overcome, and life has reached a spacious place, and no longer needs others to support each other. The author integrates the customs and political situation of tropical countries. People recall the past, and every time they turn a page, it seems that they are pushed out of the game by time and watch themselves back then.
It rains frequently here, and many important things in life seem to happen in the rain. Those memories are still wet when they are opened now. Even if they are dry, they are like a book soaked in water, with ripples on the paper, which are difficult to calm down.
The ordinary life in the secular town of Malaysia's tin capital and the humble lives deep in decades of history.
The trauma of personal destiny and the displacement of families, the identity and emotional integration of different ethnic groups. In every sad and bleak background of life, there is the stubbornness of human nature. The ups and downs of each individual are permeated with the author's caring retrospection of history, the distant observation of real politics, and the complex complex of the ethnic identity of overseas Chinese.

2021-04-01

北京十月文艺出版社

October Culture

476

9787530221280