Svetlana's Reads and Views

General Information: Name of Book: Goodbye, Xu Hu! ISBN: 978-1-60220-219-1 Publisher: Better Link Press Year it was published: 2010 Summary: This collection of Chinese novellas presents two stories by the president of the Shanghai Writing Association address the question of how we must live with the past: Goodbye, Xu Hu! Twenty years ago, a man serving in the PeopleAEs Liberation Army met his first love, the energetic and charming Xu Hu. In those two decades both their paths diverged until a chance meeting in a restaurant in Shanghai. As the man recalls his time as a young soldier he wonders whether he and Xu Hu can rekindle the flame of their past. No Explanation Is Necessary Lao Wei on the surface appeared to be an ordinary hospital janitor. However, after a chance sighting at a subway station a writer learns that this simple janitor is much more than he appears to be. After returning to the hospital the writer learns of Lao WeiAEs past, his triumphs and failu...