This book includes "Arching the Pig", "Bougainvillea" and "Burning the Painted Skin". "Arching the Pig" won the first prize of the "Chinese Film Novel Award" (2017). From the perspective of a young girl, it writes about the tug-of-war, struggle, compromise and comfort between mother and daughter, piling up an inseparable relationship. "Bougainvillea" is about two families who have known each other for more than 30 years in a family compound built in the 1990s. Two pairs of parents and two daughters, like the lush bougainvillea in the yard, have crossed multiple destinies over time.
本书收录了《拱猪》《九重葛》《烧画皮》。《拱猪》获“华文世界电影小说奖”首奖 (2017年), 以少女视角, 书写母亲与女儿之间的拉扯、角力、妥协与抚慰, 堆叠出不可分离的关系来。《九重葛》写一座1990年代兴建的家属院中, 两个相识逾30年的家庭。两对父母, 两个女儿, 像院子里繁茂的九重葛一样, 在时间中交叉出多种命运。
本书收录了《拱猪》《九重葛》《烧画皮》。《拱猪》获“华文世界电影小说奖”首奖 (2017年), 以少女视角, 书写母亲与女儿之间的拉扯、角力、妥协与抚慰, 堆叠出不可分离的关系来。《九重葛》写一座1990年代兴建的家属院中, 两个相识逾30年的家庭。两对父母, 两个女儿, 像院子里繁茂的九重葛一样, 在时间中交叉出多种命运。
