gentle night

【brief introduction】

"Tender Night": Going out of the Sahara and coming to the Canary Islands, adventures and wonderful thoughts by the sea.

Moderate loneliness, practical and joyful daily life, life full of fireworks.

I love the breeze and bright moon, and I also love firewood, rice, oil and salt.

Triviality and plainness are the basis of life, but they also make life rich and surprising.

"Tender Night" is a collection of 15 essays by Sanmao, which records the story of her and her husband José after they left the Sahara Desert and moved to the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The appendix also includes a letter from Sanmao to readers.

The seaside life full of smoke and fire has infused Sanmao's creations with tenderness and richness like water. In "Tender Night", she records a series of wonderful and warm encounters in a foreign land, talks about freedom, dreams, life, art and love, and writes about the bonds between lovers, family members, friends and strangers.

【Editor's Choice】

★ Legendary writer Sanmao's masterpiece, a classic with a high score of 8.9 on Douban

★ New edition in 2022, featuring 15 essays and a letter to readers

★ Sanmao and José's adventures and thoughts after returning to daily life after ending their trip to the Sahara and settling in the Canary Islands

★ A book of life full of pyrotechnics. Record the wonderful and warm encounters on the island, and talk about freedom, dreams, life, art and love

★ A Wife's Declaration of Independence and Freedom. I love firewood, rice, oil and salt, and I love the breeze and bright moon more

★"Story of the Sahara" is passionate and takes us away from the mediocre; "Tender Night" is as calm as water, making us not afraid of the ordinary

★ The cover is in Sanmao handwriting, and a well-known designer is in charge of the binding design, and a turtle bookmark is given along with the book

【Comments from Media Celebrities】

☆...I didn't want to add this kind of tacky title to Sanmao, but after thinking about it, there is no more suitable description, so let's call her a strange woman. The positive meaning of "Qi" should be "unique". According to Cihai's explanation, it means that one's ambition is noble and one refuses to follow the crowd. ——Liang Yusheng (writer)

☆Shu Juan's writing style has diamond-like weight and luster. ——Yu Qiuyu (writer)

☆For many years, I have been talking about Sanmao everywhere, and I am one of the readers. Art exists by conquest, and I envy Sanmao, a real writer. ——Jia Pingwa (writer)

☆Sanmao's first story is very peculiar, full of unusual sensibility. ——Bai Xianyong (writer)

☆I have never worshiped anyone, but my appreciation of Sanmao is probably close to worship. I long for a wonderful, hard but rich life, just like Sanmao. ——Chen Luyu (host)

☆Sanmao has a great influence on me. I liked to watch Sanmao when I was in the dance academy, and I imitated others when I wrote. ——Yao Chen (Actor)

☆Sister Sanmao... She is a very brave person. ——Qi Yu (singer)

☆The world presented by Sanmao brush is simple, straightforward and warm, although there are desolate and sad places. She is me when I was young, the first true love for words. ——Salute (Illustrator)

【Reader Evaluation】

1. Sanmao's life is still interesting, this book seems to be a little more smoky.

2. Sanmao is a person who can write the ordinary life wonderfully.

3. In "Tender Night", the boldness is still there, but the adventurous atmosphere is suppressed. I envy Sanmao who still has a leisurely heart to enjoy life in the harsh environment.

4. The simplest and most beautiful, the most real and the most touching.

5. Sanmao, whose marriage has entered a stable period, has the tenderness of a wife, but she still cannot change the integrity and arrogance in her bones. I made a lot of friends, helped some people, and generally speaking, happiness outweighs regret.

6. This book is a collection of situations, people around you, every encounter should be memorable.

7. Tell the pain and fragmentary beauty of life lightly and softly.

8. It is between "The Story of the Sahara" and "How Many Flowers Fall in Dreams".