一半是海水一半是火焰

by Wang Shuo

Taking the second grade school-boy Zhuang Zhuang as the protagonist, The Firecracker Sound in Pocket tells the common and interesting stories about him. Zhuang Zhuang is naive, naughty, kind and lovely but he also has the disadvantages common to he plays tricks on the girl transferred from the town; he puts the firecracker in the pocket and destroys his clothes. Each story is very interesting.

Genres: China

300 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Wang Shuo(王朔) is a Chinese author, director, actor, and cultural icon. He has written over 20 novels, television series and movies. His work has been translated into Japanese, French, English, Italian, and many other languages. He has enormous cultural status in China and has become a nationally celebrated author.

Reviews

[Dominic_mo · Rating 3 out of 5]

After reading "Hot and Cold, Measure for Measure", I feel like such love doesn't turn out how people hoped, expected or planned. Wu Di's love is hot like fire while Zhang Ming's love is cold and deep like ocean. It's hard for the fire and the ocean to be together not to mention Wu Di's love became destructive."

[Bunny]

不知所言，不太喜欢这个故事

[Yuke Liu · Rating 5 out of 5]

四篇小说，自然是《火焰》最佳，从心疼吴迪到只剩叹息；《永矢我爱》情节设计虽然俗套，但是通过文字表现出的痛苦远超故事本身；《无人喝彩》中四个人的晚餐以及《过把瘾就死》中的对话都让人回味无穷。文字的张力和情节的刺痛感恐怕可以激起每一个在爱情中沦陷过的人的共鸣。