"I Dreamed in Chinese", (Italian) Alex, New Classics | Wenhui Publishing House, July 2024 edition.
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Nowadays, various "foreigner internet celebrities" can be seen everywhere on social platforms, from "Waiguoren" who is new to the world and makes jokes by saying wrong things to "China hands" who have no accent or even fluent dialects. There are various personalities. have. How foreigners view China is no longer a new topic. There is no shortage of serious and in-depth books and light-hearted and funny short videos. Do the Chinese stories told by foreigners repeat stereotypes or deepen mutual understanding? Are they working in China but suspended in this society, or are they establishing real connections with ordinary people with curiosity and an open mind?
Italian writer Alex recorded his observations and experiences in Chinese. In 2016, 23-year-old Alex came to Beijing. During the six years he lived in China, he studied directing at a film school, worked as an Italian teacher, as an extra, and in commercials. In 2021, he started a "writing club" in Shanghai to "share his inner life with others in a trusting environment. I found my place in this city: in a living room, pouring wine for some lovely people, Listening to them tell some of their own things...Communicating with people on this land is the value of my life here." In the post-epidemic era, rebuilding the world from scratch with strangers has attracted the attention of the media. As a result, he began writing full-time.
In Alex's writing, everything is real and vivid. He recorded the warmth, goodwill, unprovoked malice, warmth and embarrassment between people across national boundaries. Coming to China and changing cities and jobs every time in China were not his carefully considered choices. When you first enter society, you are oscillating between mobility and relative stability. The loneliness and confusion you may feel from time to time in a foreign land are common psychological experiences among people of the same age. "What do you think of China's young people?" is the type of question he fears most. He did not want to draw certain conclusions from a macro perspective, but only wanted to write about his complicated relationship with this land. It is this kind of sincere and personal sharing that makes many readers feel friendly and healed.
author/Lotus
editor/Zhang Yao He Anan
proofreader/Wang Xin
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