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Kinder Than Solitude
by Yiyun Li
Kinder Than Solitude, is permeated with traces of atmospheric uncleanness as surely as the grime left over from the grit of an American winter left on roads and walkways to the, β..dust, never settling and hurled everywhere by wind, gave the sky a tinge of yellow and covered everything with a layer of gray,β of Beijing.
Li suggests that uncleanness is a contagion when she allows each of the three characters to ponder how much of each other they adopt within themselves. She also uses cynicism to set the tone and push forward her ideas too overtly, where,
The high-tide water-mark is the death of Shaoai by poisoning. Each of the trio chooses detachment rather than breaching the pseudo-polluting effect of intimacy. Li offers over-individualism as a sickness from her point of view that becomes toxic in its isolation, in its chosen solitude.
A very introspective novel, and perhaps somewhat overly filled with insightful maxims. An odd mixture of cynicism and too many affected adages. 3.25 An extra.25 for the east meets west, soft critique of communal society and individualistic society.
Li suggests that uncleanness is a contagion when she allows each of the three characters to ponder how much of each other they adopt within themselves. She also uses cynicism to set the tone and push forward her ideas too overtly, where,
βThe decaying that had dragged on for too long had only turned tragedy into nuisance; death, when it strikes, better completes its annihilating act on the first try.βstrikes one as particularly cold.
The high-tide water-mark is the death of Shaoai by poisoning. Each of the trio chooses detachment rather than breaching the pseudo-polluting effect of intimacy. Li offers over-individualism as a sickness from her point of view that becomes toxic in its isolation, in its chosen solitude.
Spoiler
Moran comes to a realization of how she had chosen to embody solitude, and will attempt to overcome it. Ruyu admits that she has learned to leave others well enough alone and she appears to recognize her damaged self. She advises Boyang who has become more like her to do the sameA very introspective novel, and perhaps somewhat overly filled with insightful maxims. An odd mixture of cynicism and too many affected adages. 3.25 An extra.25 for the east meets west, soft critique of communal society and individualistic society.