"Vulgar Land" Author: [Malaysia] Li Zishu Publishing House: Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House Douban Popular Malaysian Chinese Literature Top 10

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Wang Dewei and Wang Anyi strongly recommend "Li Zishu injects a rare warmth 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 one needs to help each other anymore. 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.

Li Zishu was born in Malaysia in 1971. Since 1995, he has won many awards including the Huazong Literature Award, the United Daily News Literature Award, and the Times Literature Award. He has also won the Malaysian Outstanding Young Writer Award, the Yunlifeng Annual Outstanding Writer Award, and the Nanyang Chinese Literature Award. His novel "The Age of Farewell" won the Jury Award of the 4th Dream of the Red Chamber Novel Award. He has published more than ten works including novels, short story collections, micro-fiction collections, and prose collections.