This is the generation that will change China. The youth, over 320 million of them in their teens and twenties, more than the population of the USA. Born after Mao, with no memory of Tiananmen, they are destined to transform both their nation and the world.
These millennials, offspring of the one-child policy, face fierce competition to succeed. Pressure starts young, and their road isn't easy. Their stories are also like those of young people all over the world: moving out of home, starting a career, falling in love.
Wish Lanterns follows the lives of six young Chinese. Dahai is a military child and netizen; 'Fred' is a daughter of the Party. Lucifer is an aspiring superstar; Snail a country migrant addicted to online games. Xiaoxiao is a hipster from the freezing north; Mia a rebel from Xinjiang in the far west.
Alec Ash, a writer in Beijing of the same generation, has given us a vivid, gripping account of young China as it comes of age. Through individual stories, Wish Lanterns shows with empathy and insight the challenges and dreams that will define China's future global impact.
Alec Ash is a writer and journalist in Beijing.
He studied English literature at Oxford University. After graduating he taught in a Tibetan village in western China for a summer, before moving to Beijing in 2008.
His articles have been published in The Economist, Prospect, Dissent and Foreign Policy among others. He is a correspondent for the Los Angeles Review of Books, a contributing author to the book of reportage Chinese Characters, the author of Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China and founder of the Anthill, a writers' colony of stories from China.
This book combines the stories of six Chinese, born across China in between 1985 to 1990, and follows them in their lives until 2015. At times, Ash's writing is incredibly sharp, but his style alternates as if the blend of six into one isn't a seamless one....
评分This book combines the stories of six Chinese, born across China in between 1985 to 1990, and follows them in their lives until 2015. At times, Ash's writing is incredibly sharp, but his style alternates as if the blend of six into one isn't a seamless one....
评分This book combines the stories of six Chinese, born across China in between 1985 to 1990, and follows them in their lives until 2015. At times, Ash's writing is incredibly sharp, but his style alternates as if the blend of six into one isn't a seamless one....
评分This book combines the stories of six Chinese, born across China in between 1985 to 1990, and follows them in their lives until 2015. At times, Ash's writing is incredibly sharp, but his style alternates as if the blend of six into one isn't a seamless one....
评分This book combines the stories of six Chinese, born across China in between 1985 to 1990, and follows them in their lives until 2015. At times, Ash's writing is incredibly sharp, but his style alternates as if the blend of six into one isn't a seamless one....
最让我震撼的是这本书中对“沉默”的描绘。它不是空白,而是充满了张力的。作者似乎相信,真正的情感和巨大的变故,往往发生在那些没有被说出口的瞬间。在很多关键的对话场景中,大量的留白和省略号的使用,迫使读者必须去填补那些角色之间盘旋的、无法言喻的张力。这种“留白艺术”处理得极为高明,它放大了人际关系中的疏离感和误解的必然性。例如,某两个角色在同一张桌子上用餐,表面上谈论着天气,但字里行间却弥漫着千言万语的对峙与告别,那种“欲言又止”的痛苦,比任何直接的冲突描写都要来得尖锐。这本书成功地捕捉到了现代人际交往的困境——我们拥有了前所未有的沟通工具,却似乎从未如此难以真正理解彼此。它让我开始重新审视自己与周围人交流时的那些“遗漏”和“未尽之言”,其影响力是深远而内省的。
评分这本书的语言风格简直是一场华丽的巴洛克式盛宴,辞藻的堆砌并非为了炫技,而是为了烘托出一种古典的、近乎于歌剧般的宏大悲剧感。那些长句的排比和复杂的从句结构,初看或许有些吃力,但一旦适应了作者的呼吸节奏,便会发现其中蕴含着惊人的音乐性和韵律美。它更像是一部用文字写成的交响乐,有低沉的大提琴般的沉思,也有高亢的小提琴般的爆发。特别是书中对于环境和氛围的描绘,那种潮湿、阴冷的质感,几乎能透过纸页渗透到读者的皮肤上,让人真切地感受到故事发生地的压抑与绝望。我常常需要停下来,只是为了品味某一个动词的选择,或者某个形容词的精妙组合。它探讨的议题宏大而沉重,关乎身份的认同、历史的重负以及个体在巨大权力结构下的无力感。这本书的结构严谨得像一座精密的钟表,每一个齿轮都咬合得恰到好处,导向那个不可避免的结局。它要求你放慢速度,甚至需要回翻阅读,去捕捉那些看似漫不经心却暗藏玄机的哲学思辨,是一部真正需要“啃”下去的作品。
评分这本书的叙事节奏如同夏日午后一场突如其来的阵雨,来势迅猛却又带着一种意料之外的温柔。作者巧妙地运用了多重时间线索,将过去的回响与当下的抉择编织得天衣无缝,每一次场景的切换都像是翻开了一页泛黄的日记,散发着樟脑丸和尘土混合的特殊气味。我尤其欣赏他对人物内心挣扎的细腻刻画,那种介于希望与绝望之间的游移,那种在既定命运面前试图伸出手去触碰一丝自由的渴望,让人感同身受。书中的意象运用极为丰富,比如反复出现的“破碎的罗盘”和“永不熄灭的灯塔”,它们不仅仅是简单的道具,更是角色精神状态的具象化,引导着读者去深挖隐藏在表面平静之下的暗流涌动。读到后半部分,我几乎屏住了呼吸,生怕任何一个细微的疏忽会让我错过作者精心埋设的伏笔,那种被故事牢牢吸附的感觉,久违了。这本书的魅力就在于,它要求读者全身心地投入,去感受那种缓慢发酵的情绪,去体会那种最终在文字的海洋中获得的,近乎于启示录般的顿悟。它不是那种读完就忘的作品,它会像一个老朋友一样,在未来的某个不经意间,再次叩响你的心扉。
评分我必须承认,初读此书时,我的内心是充满抗拒的。它的开篇处理得极其晦涩和疏离,仿佛作者在刻意地将读者推远,用一种近乎冷漠的笔触描绘着一个遥远而陌生的世界。但正是在这种“不讨好”的态度中,我逐渐发现了一种独特的吸引力。它没有迎合大众口味的流畅情节,而是通过碎片化的叙事和大量的内心独白,构建了一个极其真实而又扭曲的心理迷宫。这本书的价值不在于它“讲了什么故事”,而在于它“如何让人去感受那些未被言说的东西”。作者对潜意识的挖掘达到了令人不安的深度,那些隐藏在日常对话之下的恐惧、嫉妒和未被满足的欲望,被揭示得淋漓尽致。读完合上书本的那一刻,我没有感觉到如释重负,反而产生了一种被“剥光”的空虚感。它更像是一次深潜,进入了人类精神领域那些幽暗、潮湿的角落。对于那些习惯于被清晰叙事引领的读者来说,这本书或许是挑战,但对于寻求精神上刺激和深度自我反思的探索者来说,它无疑是一次不容错过的洗礼。
评分这本书的叙事视角切换之频繁,简直令人目不暇接,但每一次切换都服务于同一个目的:将一个看似简单的事件,从无数个角度进行立体解构。它不像传统小说那样提供一个清晰的主角,而是像一个不断旋转的棱镜,让光线折射出每一个次要角色的光芒与阴影。我惊喜地发现,那些原本以为只是背景的路人甲、乙、丙,在被赋予了他们的独立叙事空间后,其复杂性和悲剧性丝毫不逊色于主要人物。作者在处理群像戏时展现出的掌控力令人叹服,他似乎拥有预知未来的能力,总能在最恰当的时候切入另一个角色的思绪,揭示出前一个场景中隐藏的动机。这种多视角的并置,创造了一种强烈的“全景式”体验,让读者不得不主动参与到信息的整合与意义的构建中去。它不是被动接受的故事,而是需要读者主动去拼凑和解读的巨大拼图,这种参与感极大地提升了阅读的智力愉悦度。
评分作者可以说是非常贪心了。大概适合介绍给"对中国一小撮年轻人的生活经历非常感兴趣的纯外国人"看。
评分作者可以说是非常贪心了。大概适合介绍给"对中国一小撮年轻人的生活经历非常感兴趣的纯外国人"看。
评分作者可以说是非常贪心了。大概适合介绍给"对中国一小撮年轻人的生活经历非常感兴趣的纯外国人"看。
评分作者可以说是非常贪心了。大概适合介绍给"对中国一小撮年轻人的生活经历非常感兴趣的纯外国人"看。
评分作者可以说是非常贪心了。大概适合介绍给"对中国一小撮年轻人的生活经历非常感兴趣的纯外国人"看。
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