博覽群書

Throughout millenniums, legends of sea monsters secretly have spread among the folks. A re-look at the ultimate inquiry of this nation into the oceans and a replay of the unfettered imagination in the very early years of mankind present a shortcut to the opposite of mediocrity and shallowness as well as a way of selfsalvation in this age of materialism and consumption.

Artist Zhang Xiaojing is an outspoken voice against injustice experienced by Chinese females as she actively encourages female Chinese artists to use installation art, photography and videos to expose domestic violence, gender discrimination, the living conditions of left-behind girls, fertility culture and problems facing single women, among other social issues.

Each of the fi ve stories in this book conceals a sharp yet deeply hidden conf l ict, which involves profound and lasting realities such as barriers between lovers, desire transgression, midlife crisis and panics of the grassroots. Rightly addressing some of the most critical issues confronted by contemporary Chinese people, this fi ction discusses interpersonal gaps that are often too wide to bridge.

《海怪簡史》

by 盛文強

A SHORT HISTORY OF SEA MONSTERS

By Sheng Wenqiang

千百年來，海怪的傳說，都在民間秘密地傳遞著。重新審視本民族關于海洋的終極追問，承續(xù)洪荒年代的奔放想象，無疑是告別平庸與浮泛的一條捷徑，亦是物質(zhì)年代的自救方式。

《新女書》

by 張曉靜

NEW NüSHU: WHEN FEMINISTS ENCOUNTER ART

By Zhang Xiaojing

藝術家張曉靜鼓勵女性學者以裝置藝術、攝影攝像等形式反映社會中存在的家庭暴力、性別偏見、留守女童、生育文化以及單身女性等社會問題，為遭遇不公的女性大聲疾呼。

《到歇馬河那邊去》

by 謝絡繹

TO THE OTHER SHORE OF HORSE-RESTING RIVER

By Xie Luoyi

本書的五則小說都暗藏了一對尖銳但必須深埋的矛盾，涉及親密關系障礙、情欲逾矩、中年危機、底層恐慌等幽微現(xiàn)實。小說切中當代中國現(xiàn)實中人們面臨的致命問題，討論人與人之間難以彌合的距離。