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by Jun » 2006-07-14 12:38
I guess since I'm only a 职业妇女, I do like reading 好故事 about 别人人生 told in a humorous, interesting, insightful, and revealing way. Like this one. The tone is very importan, to me. A lot of "reality" stories nowadays about Chinese urban life are boring because the authors have nothing fresh or original to say, and are pretty much recylcing the same cardboard characters and storylines that have been swallowed and regurgitated throughout the history all to way into the TV drama series. This story has a vibrant feel of real reality. It is not the kind of so-called "true stories" cooked up from stale plot and neighborhood gossips and sour sensationalist tabloid writer's feeble imagination. Just listen, and watch, and marvel at the contradictions in people.