我的精神家园

by Wang Xiaobo, 王小波

in front of us is a feast of ideas. Empiricism and liberalism in its ideological origins, Wang Xiaobo unique writing style, with sharp critical sense, shows us a purely spiritual home, to bring the world a bolt of lightning lit up the hearts of many people . We walk through the house in his spirit, feeling he thought, on their own, writing in good faith, wander, we clearly heard the laughter he sent from heaven and his witty wit whisper.

Genres: China, Literature, Domestic, Essays

280 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1997

About the author

Wang Xiaobo (Chinese: 王小波) was a Chinese writer who became famous after his death.

Wang Xiaobo on paper-republic.org.

Wang was born in an intellectual family in Beijing in 1952. He was sent to a farm in Yunnan province as an "intellectual youth" at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in 1968. In 1971, he was sent to the countryside of Shandong province, and became a teacher. In 1972, he was allowed to return to Beijing, and he got a job as a working in a local factory. He met Li Yinhe in 1977, who was working as an editor for "Guangming Daily", and she later became his wife. He was accepted by Renmin University of China in 1978 where he studied economics and trade and got his Bachelor's Degree. He received his Master's Degree at the University of Pittsburgh in 1988. After he returned to China, he began to teach at Peking University and Renmin University of China. He quit his job as a college lecturer in 1992, and became a freelance writer. On April 11, 1997 he died suddenly of heart disease at his apartment.

Reviews

[清]

王小波的杂文，现在读来也有意义。我们陷入了轮回。

[WaldenOgre]

以后见之明来看，王小波似乎也并没有那么出色，他只是在那个年代为大家打开了一扇窗。

[Estekke]

可能是真的又长了几岁，觉得读起来不是那么有趣了，而且连着读就会发现有些话作者是在反复说的，我也经常发现自己车轱辘话来回说，经常觉得自己这样不太行，现在压力小多了

[Mengmeng Liu]

又回头读王小波，他真是我现实中最喜欢的那类人，幽默、有同理心、好奇压倒一切。

这本里收录的两篇新年贺词读起心里也有种别样的感情，尤其是95年那篇，三十年过去了，理想主义的微光还在吗？

还有在匹兹堡留学的旧事，这样看来三十年前的留子文学同当下也没甚分别。

希望大家都能在动荡年代保留自己的蓝蜻蜓和精神家园，过好想过的一生。

[Bingxue]

文字读起来很流畅，简单真实地表达了小波的精神世界。虽然是大约30年前的作品，但其对文学作品，性爱，中国村落文化的思想见解，在中国时至今日依然是很有洞见和大胆的。
“我们的处境正如老美说的，在middle of nowhere。这里是小说发生的地方，却不是写小说的地方。”

[shanexie]

幽默风趣中带点低俗厌女，不排除我误解他的可能性

[Wim_2019]

杂文集，看着还是挺有意思的。

[Xinzhong]

key observation of the Chinese people

[Monster]

写的好！

[Danna]

love the first part of the book. The rest are either outdated or boring.

[Newenglander]

3.5 stars. Not as good as I thought it would be.

[Xianjing]

多看几篇就烦了，come on man，我们知道你出过国了。不是所有的问题都需要通过比较来讨论的。