This Is How We Come Back
by Cyril Wong
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Year Published: March 2025 Pages: 584pp Language: Simplified Chinese Retail Price: SGD33 (Singapore) Dimensions: 210mm x 14.8mm ISBN: 978-981-94-0829-0 (Paperback) Buyer Request: Final PDF Available Publisher/Imprint: TrendLit Publishing Rights Available: World (Exp Singapore) Suggested Categorisation: Fiction, Chinese Literature, Queer Literature |
About Just JACK
Just JACK presents the modern urban gay experience, exploring the complexities of relationships and emotions. The story follows the lives of J, Wentao, Nick, and Xiaoxin as they navigate social gatherings, love, friendship, desire, and the search for identity and emotional belonging in an urban environment. Set in Beijing, these characters support each other through hardships, emotional entanglements, and life challenges. Each represents different facets of the urban gay community, and through their stories, the novel delves into themes of love, friendship, family, and self-discovery, reflecting the diversity and contradictions of contemporary city life.
About the Author
Originally from Dalian, Liaoning, the author once roamed the streets of Beijing and now resides between Shanghai and Hangzhou. A science major who never imagined becoming a writer, they are a dreamer lost in daydreams, an observer of human sensitivities, and a stubborn soul who frequently regrets but never changes. When a person truly starts living for themselves, they find little need to explain their actions to others.
內容簡介
《Just JACK》展現了現代都市同志的生活狀態與情感糾葛。故事圍繞主角J、文韜、Nick、小新等人展開，他們在社交聚會中探討情感、友情、慾望以及如何在都市環境中尋找到自我認同價值與情感歸屬。這些角色在北京這座大都市中互相扶持，經歷了各種挫折、情感糾葛和生活挑戰。他們各自代表了都市同志羣體中不同的類型，通過他們的故事，作品探討了愛情、友情、家庭和尋找自我價值的複雜性，反映了現代都市生活中的多元與矛盾。
作者簡介
遼寧大連人，早年間混跡於北京，現居住於上海杭州兩地。從未想過可以成爲作家的理科生，每天都在做白日夢的空想家，喜歡觀察人類的敏感體質，經常後悔卻從不悔改的犟種。當一個人真正的開始爲自己而活的時候，他便很少再去向別人解釋自己的行爲。