Dear Nights
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Summary
Editor's review
In terms of reading value, the book's charm lies in its "slowness" and "delicacy." It offers no fast-paced plot or explicit arguments, but instead invites readers to sink into a state and experience the subtle emotions and textures of life overlooked in daylight. The author's writing is clean, restrained, and rich in imagery, adept at capturing slight changes in light, sound, and smell and transforming them into poetic expression. For modern readers weary amid the flood of information and longing for inner peace, this book is like a gentle balm, offering a spiritual corner in which to breathe and gaze upon oneself.
However, this also determines that its audience is not universal. Its prose form is closer to "stream-of-consciousness" essays, loosely structured and inwardly themed, pursuing atmosphere rather than conclusions. The editor believes its greatest value lies in demonstrating a possibility of focusing on the present and sincerely engaging with oneself and one's surroundings. It is not meant to be "understood" but to be "felt." In terms of evaluation, the positive response this book has received on platforms such as Douban concentrates on praise for its textual beauty and emotional resonance, confirming its success among a particular readership.
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Literary readers who enjoy quiet, introspective prose and seek verbal beauty and the creation of atmosphere
- People who feel busy and noisy in daily life and long for a moment of calm and comfort in reading
- Writers or literature enthusiasts interested in personal narrative, memory writing, and delicate psychological portrayal
- Readers who are used to reading at night and enjoy the solitude and contemplative atmosphere that suits it
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking strong plot, fast-paced stories, or clear thematic argument
- Readers who find highly personal, fragmented expression difficult to enter or impatient with it
Reading tips
- It is recommended to read in a relatively quiet, undisturbed environment, not too much at a time—one or two pieces are enough—to immerse oneself more fully.
- It can be treated as a kind of "literary meditation"; there is no need to rush to find a central idea, but rather to let the feelings and images of the text flow freely.
- After reading, you might try recording an observation or mood from one of your own nights, engaging in a dialogue across time and space with the author's approach.
About the publisher
Guangxi Normal University Press is a publisher known for literature, foreign literature and history titles. Its 1,175 books in the database show a solid accumulation in classics and prose collections, including foreign literary works such as Les Fleurs du mal: Annotated Poems of Baudelaire, Snow Country, Dubliners and The Wild Palms, as well as modern prose compilations like The Complete Prose of Zhou Zuoren. History and philosophy also hold a notable share, with titles such as Running Dogs: Clerks and Runners in Qing County Yamen and The History and Thought of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom reflecting attention to Qing local administration and modern history. In art literature there is the 16-volume Ten Bamboo Studio Painting and Calligraphy Manual. Its author resources include foreign writers Charles Baudelaire and Yasunari Kawabata, translators and annotators Liu Nanqi and Zou Bo, and scholars such as Zhong Shuhe, Bradly W. Reed and You Chenjun. As public information is limited, this characterization is based only on the books in the database, which together present a profile balancing Chinese and foreign literary classics with academic works in the humanities and social sciences.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 序 唯有寂夜堪可寄托
- 亲爱的夜晚们
- 一株夜游的植物
- 秋雨的夜
- 在独行的夜路上
- 夜空的星
- 当人们把月亮拍摄得异常清楚
- 明月渐满
- 月亮在云层中行走
- 月光的烟花
- 我在半夜坐起仰头
- 故土夏夜
- 夏夜暴雨
- 春天的夜晚
- 雨夜,一座老屋倒塌
- 城市夜晚微热的风
- 夜晚的单相思
- 夜半,话语,力量
- 神秘的诞生
- 呓语
- 月亮们
- 场景的切换
- 场景的切换
- 切换的场景
- 野外即景
- 余晖的独白也是有所企图的
- 回旋曲
- 陌生
- 胡思
- 书柜旁
- 死亡就是一滴雨水的坠毁
- 弦
- 旗
- 道路两侧的树林
- 岔路
- 旷野的孤树
- 一束干花
- 死神的工作日
- 湖边,白日向西
- 青山效仿湖水的寂静
- 收割过后的芝麻地里
- 污浊的水如果想要闪耀
- 物,疯狂
- 南瓜
- 苦瓜
- 西瓜
- 冬瓜
- 黄瓜
- 丝瓜
- 地瓜
- 香瓜
- 哈密瓜
- 拥挤的葵花籽们
- 含羞草
- 君子兰
- 芦苇
- 进击的仙人掌
- 蜘蛛
- 蛇
- 城市里的企鹅
- 猫
- 关于杜鹃的凶案
- 关于螃蟹的哀歌
- 疯狂的石头
- 偏执的虫子
- 时光之不可逆
- 春日上午郊外
- 我必须离开
- 那个孩子渴望别离
- 童年的冬日早晨
- 多年前的春天,一个农妇在山上砍柴
- 十八岁
- 当一个异常炎热的夏季来临
- 容我安宁
- 清明无雨
- 冬天的寒衣节
- 初冬,周末的早上
- 岁月给我加添智慧
- 十一月有人独自写读
- 虚弱
- 以沙掩面泪入洋海
- 独自
- 看见
- 老人与河边黄昏
- 我们是石匠
- 疲惫
- 关于时间
- 跨年雨夜,潇湘故地遥望湖北
- 不是
- 跫音
- 杭州的雨时下时歇
- 滇池的海鸥
- 初冬的公路
- 黄昏时在火车上
- 去机场的路上
- 大连之夜
- 梯田
- 草原,清晨
- 草原上,有马死去
- 五月长风,北京
- 西宁秋日之忆
- 长沙三首
- 跫音在苏
- 冬天行走在彩云之南
- 奇异的尘凡
- 小镇姑娘
- 幻梦浅睡
- 梦里蔷薇
- 孔明灯
- 相思者的自语
- 欢欣还是忧愁
- 最美
- 回想
- 失恋者
- 眼睛
- 绝对的男女平等
- 颓废的中年人
- 我们是纸箱里的空酒瓶
- 一个位高权重的人
- 忧虑者
- 作为先知的诗人之死
- 那些奇怪的人
- 他们的临终哀歌
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About the author
Ma Zhibin is a Chinese writer of modern poetry, about whom limited public information is currently available. The library holds one work by this author, the poetry collection Dear Nights. Judging from the title and its common classification, the book belongs to the field of modern poetry and revolves around the image of night, likely involving personal feeling, everyday experience, and the inner world. Because the author's biography, nationality, and dates of birth and death are not clearly recorded, a full picture of the writing background and creative development remains difficult to outline. Readers approaching Dear Nights may observe how the poems use night as a thread to organize emotion and language, and how voice, rhythm, and imagery are chosen, thereby gaining a sense of the author's approach to modern poetic expression. For researchers, Ma Zhibin remains a poet to be gradually understood through close reading of the work, and further commentary and materials await discovery.