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"Asia Weekly" 2020 Top Ten Novel Chinese Literature Surprises

Wang Dewei×Wang Anyi strongly recommends "Li Zishu injects some rare warmth into contemporary Malaysian Chinese literature"

"Floating Customs" kicked off with the small society called "Upstairs Upstairs" in the capital of Malaysia, called "upstairs upstairs". It tells the common affairs and common things of ordinary people in the market, and the twists and turns of the plot seem to call for the vital little things in life.

They are like candles in the wind in "upstairs", seemingly fragile but actually strong. Once they leave, they will drift in the sea of ​​people; There is no need for people to love each other. The author integrates the customs and political situation of tropical countries. When people recall the past, every time they turn a page, they seem to be pushed out of the side by time, watching themselves in those days.

It rains frequently here, and many important things in life seem to happen in the rain. Those memories are still wet when they are opened. Even if they are dry, they are like books soaked in water. The paper is all rippling, which is difficult to calm down.

The ordinary life in the secular small town of Xidu, Malaysia, and the humble lives in the depths of decades of history.

The trauma of personal fate and homelessness, the identity and emotional blending of different ethnic groups about their respective nationalities. In every kind of sad background of life, there is the stubbornness of human nature. The ups and downs of each individual are permeated with the author's caring look back at history, his distant view of real politics, and his complicated feelings about the national identity of overseas Chinese.