Floating cover

Floating

Rating 3.5
Word count
21K words
Chapters
98
ISBN
9787566816719

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Summary

This book is a collection of poetry. Its poems extract fragments from the small details of everyday life, depicting thoughts and reflections on living. What appears within is little more than trivial matters—a fleeting moment, a parting—small yet shimmering. The poet emphasizes the construction of imagery and the use of metaphor; images enter the poems sometimes plainly, sometimes obscurely. The collection explores eternal themes such as love, loneliness, and time, while also touching on the spiritual condition of the age. With his young, sensitive pen, the poet builds for the reader the inner world of contemporary youth.

Editor's review

Fu is a contemporary novel by Xiangcaoshan with a strong southern atmosphere. Through delicate strokes and a distinctive narrative perspective, it depicts the lives and emotional ups and downs of ordinary people amid changing times. Set in the Lingnan region, the novel subtly interweaves regional culture, era memory, and individual fate, presenting a literary texture that is both real and slightly magical.

In literary terms, Xiangcaoshan's writing has a restrained poetic quality; she excels at capturing the subtle ripples in characters' hearts through details of daily life. The language is concise yet tense, and the pacing is gentle without dragging. The characters are three-dimensional and real, neither deliberately beautified nor vilified, revealing their complexity in the tide of the times. The structure is also crafted with care: multiple threads run in parallel and finally converge into a profound meditation on the theme of "floating life."

As a publication of Jinan University Press, the book also has assured quality in binding and editing. For contemporary literature lovers, Fu is not only a resonant text but also a window into the spirit of a particular region and era. Its themes of memory, identity, and belonging remain relevant today.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Readers who love southern regional literature and are interested in Lingnan culture
  • Literature lovers who prefer delicate psychological description and daily-life narrative
  • Thinkers concerned with individual fate and emotional relationships amid changing times
  • Readers seeking deep reading with rich textual texture and gentle pacing

Not a good fit for

  • Readers seeking strong plot, fast pacing, or suspenseful thrills
  • Readers uninterested in regional cultural background who want universally accessible stories

Reading tips

  1. Read in a relatively quiet environment to immerse yourself in the text's atmosphere and details.
  2. Pay attention to the laying out and interweaving of time threads in the novel to appreciate the clever narrative structure.
  3. After reading, reflect on your own experiences of "change" and "memory."

About the publisher

Jinan University Press China · Founded in 1989

Jinan University Press is a comprehensive university press known for publishing in language and writing, history and culture, and medicine. Judging from the 2,481 titles in the database, its publishing focuses on language and writing research, the compilation of unearthed documents, Chinese culture and Eastern philosophy, traditional Chinese medicine, and grassroots medical standards. Representative books include the Chinese Dictionary (Second Edition), the series on the collected interpretation and modern translation of Warring States documents from the Language Services Series and the series on the language of unearthed documents, Chinese Cultural Psychology (6th Edition), Illustrated Compendium of Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Techniques, and Construction and Technical Standards for Standardized Bronchoscopy Rooms in Primary-Level Pediatrics. In terms of authors, scholars such as Zhu Cheng, Zhang Yujin, Wang Fengyan, Zheng Hong, Cao Hui and Ma Zhiguo form its author base in language and documents, cultural psychology, and traditional Chinese medicine. In terms of publishing characteristics, the press emphasizes the collected interpretation and modern translation of unearthed documents and language service research, while also systematically organizing cultural psychology and medical techniques. Public information on specific matters such as overseas Chinese-language education is limited and is therefore not elaborated here.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 自序
  3. 辑一 风月·与杜拉斯无关
  4. 早秋
  5. 噩梦
  6. 我的房间什么也没有除了床
  7. 第三种关系
  8. 我说,痞子
  9. 房子
  10. 在你离开的午后
  11. 变奏曲
  12. 挽歌
  13. 小木屋
  14. 启程
  15. 有时候我想
  16. 灰色花园
  17. 意象
  18. 与杜拉斯无关
  19. 蓝色妖姬
  20. 若我变成这样这样小
  21. 窃贼
  22. 出远门
  23. 那些为时不晚的事
  24. 辑二 彼岸·南方之夜
  25. 胆小鬼
  26. 我来了就不走了
  27. 游泳
  28. 我管一些叫做奢侈
  29. 瞳孔
  30. 两座城池
  31. 你不知道的事
  32. 失眠
  33. 理想主义
  34. 十二点零一分收到一封信
  35. 前方
  36. 不到十点 把灯捻灭
  37. 火焰
  38. 送你一座岛屿
  39. 今日是读书日
  40. 和鸣
  41. 我们一一穿过
  42. 忘了跟你说
  43. 南方之夜
  44. 不许
  45. 隔着窗看天桥上漫过的光
  46. 千与千寻
  47. 还能和你说些什么呢
  48. 那是你的日子
  49. 辑三 城市·乌鸦成群飞过
  50. 否则
  51. 缩影
  52. 告诉我 快乐是什么样子
  53. 唱片
  54. 自由
  55. 门
  56. 痣
  57. 战争
  58. 小小的早晨
  59. 一天
  60. 是什么让你颤抖
  61. 在天台
  62. 病
  63. 流言
  64. 在一年的最后一天
  65. 我们要慢慢习惯
  66. 我不再有衣裳
  67. 星期五的晚上 停了 会儿电
  68. 周末的办公室
  69. 下午四点 被塞满
  70. 乌鸦成群飞过
  71. 印象派
  72. 平行线
  73. 周六下午一个荒诞的梦
  74. 左手方向有42座摩天大楼
  75. 假象
  76. 落差
  77. 辑四 他们·曝光
  78. 而我只能等一个漫长的夏天
  79. 女人
  80. 戴珍珠耳环的少女
  81. 诀别
  82. 我要找到
  83. 我们就是这样的关系
  84. 完整剧情
  85. X小姐来看我
  86. 凭什么
  87. 最好错过
  88. 卡萨布兰卡之夜
  89. 她们也写诗
  90. 我怀疑每一对情侣
  91. 小瘦
  92. 惊喜
  93. 消遣
  94. 又一次打开旧诗集
  95. 被最后一首歌打动
  96. 雨夜,让离别变得矫情
  97. 四个月是迷人的幌子
  98. 曝光

FAQ

What is the theme of this book?
The core theme is the living conditions and emotional ups and downs of ordinary people amid changing times, exploring memory, identity, and individual persistence and drifting in the tide.
What is the author's writing style?
Xiangcaoshan's style is delicate, restrained, and poetic, excelling at revealing characters' inner lives through daily details and psychological description. The language is concise yet tense, carrying the moist, lingering atmosphere characteristic of southern literature.
Is this book a fictional story or autobiographical?
Fu is a fictional novel, but it incorporates the author's deep observation and emotional projection of a particular region and era, reflecting the light and shadow of real life through artistic truth.

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About the author

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Xiangcao Shan is an author about whom limited public information is available. The only confirmed work is Fu (Floating), which is often placed in the category of classic works. Because there are no reliable records of the author's life, nationality, or period of writing, further documentation and verification are still needed. On the basis of the available information, Xiangcao Shan's writing profile is presented mainly through this single work: the title Fu (Floating) suggests drifting, movement, and uncertainty, and it hints that the work may focus on changes in its characters' circumstances and the ups and downs of their inner feelings. As the author of a single work, Xiangcao Shan is still difficult to place within a literary lineage, but the fact that Fu can be read and discussed by readers as a classic work shows that it has a certain readability and the potential to remain of interest. For readers, rather than pursuing the author's biography, it is better to begin with the text itself and appreciate its narrative rhythm and emotional texture, which is the most direct way to know Xiangcao Shan.

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