Watergate entrance

It is human nature to desire love. In the tug of war between spirituality, desire and reality, we see our dry and empty souls.
The unfinished posthumous work of the novelist Huang Guojun who passed away prematurely ◎Editor's recommendation★Huang Guojun is highly anticipated among Taiwan's emerging writers. Zhang Dachun said that he would rely on him to "support the 21st century novel world", while Yang Mu said that "this person should be avoided to stand out."
★Huang Jinshu once proposed the concept of the "introverted generation" in Taiwanese literature: "From those samples we can clearly see a crisis form about writing itself. The fragile and on the verge of splitting "self" becomes the real subject of writing. The world and language are both problems. Introversion, inward collapse, and even an unusual fascination with death." Huang Guojun is one of the representatives of this "introverted generation".
"The Watergate Hole" is Huang Guojun's unfinished work and his only full-length novel. Focusing on the theme of love, the work depicts women who represent three dimensions: spirituality, desire, and reality. It depicts the male protagonist's isolation and inability to connect with others, as well as the myriad fantasies, speculations, and feelings of loss that permeate his mind.
★ "The Hole at the Watergate" is a profound allegory about the nature of love that Huang Guojun clearly constructed with his proficient "outsider" narrative technique. It is also a masterpiece that culminates in the author's style after his "stylistic" experiments and explorations in works such as "Outsider", "Blindly Watching" and "Yes or Not at All".
Synopsis: Lin Jianming, a reserved man, only began his serious search for love in his forties. It was then that he caught the eye of furniture store clerk Chen Yijun. Their union was perfectly natural, yet neither their spirituality nor their desires were fully fulfilled. As the protagonist pursues love, the author revisits seemingly insignificant moments from his ordinary life, offering a sincere and poignant portrayal of life's contradictions: the balance between spirit and flesh, change and conformity, forming relationships or contenting with solitude.
◎Celebrity Recommendation● I shouted in my heart: "Guo Jun is the future novelist!"
But then he remembered that Guojun was no longer in this world.
——Writer Luo Yijun●In the 21st century, there will be at least these two (Huang Guojun and Yuan Zhesheng) to support the novel world.
—Writer Zhang Dachun ● When I read his novels and other works, I feel that he is the author of that generation who I feel closest to, who I agree with, and who I cherish the most. Many of his passages make me want to say: This person should be avoided and made a name for himself! This applies not only to the subject matter he handles, but also directly to the style and "genre" that his writing has formed.
——Writer Yang Mu●In my mind, Guojun is a literary ascetic, whose courage and diligence are shameless.
——Writer Yuan Zhesheng●Huang Guojun’s works really let me see a special, young, sensitive, but very creative, imaginative and fantastic mind.
——Award record of writer Guo Qiangsheng☆The author has won the Short Story Recommendation Award at the 11th United Literature Novel Newcomer Award.

2018-12-01

四川人民出版社

Houlang, Houlang Literature

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9787220109911