Only by crossing the darkest night,
Life is colorful.
This sentence written by Lu Sihao in the book,
It has brought strength to countless people.
Lu Sihao, who had been absent for two years, returned from a new era
Stories about escape, confronting and choosing,
Written to everyone who has the courage to face it
In 2013, young writer Lu Sihao entered the reader's field of vision with the book "You Have to Believe, There Is No Tomorrow That Can't Be Reached" and was loved by many readers. Subsequently, his series of best-selling works such as "May Someone Accompany You to the Turmoil and Displacement", "Please Wake Me Before Leaving", "You Have Gone a Long Way" and so on were published successively, all of which sold well in the millions and received strong responses in the market.
Recently, Lu Sihao, who has been immersed in diving for 2 years, returned with his second novel, "The Night Before Dawn", which tells a story about escape, face and choice. The book was jointly published and distributed by Boji Tianjuan and Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House in August 2021.
The book tells the story of an urban white-collar worker who is about to turn thirty and inexplicably suffers from bipolar disorder, and a month later he is on the verge of collapse, waking up in the smoke and lying in a nursing center. At the nursing home, he unexpectedly makes several friends, an idealist defeated by reality, a child bound by family and school, and a girl with bulimia. Four people with different problems met at the sanatorium center.
Studying in Australia at the age of 17, 7 years of study abroad, let the author face loneliness earlier. It was also during this period that he began to experiment with writing. In 2011, he published his first book, "Thinking Too Much", but this time the publication did not go well, and the shell publishing company not only dusted the new book, but also put him in a penniless predicament.
About the author: The inspiration for this work originally came from a signing event in 2019. During the question session, a boy stood up and told the story of his depression, which deeply touched Lu Sihao. He even remembers his own heartbeat when talking to this reader. Because this incident reminded him of the darkest moment he had had, he felt the pain of the black hole. In the next few episodes, readers shared that he or the people around him were suffering from mental illness, which made him feel that he should write something about it.
In 2020, Lu Sihao noticed that the stories shared by people in social networks are filled with more and more pressure, and the people around them are living less and less like themselves. He heard many stories about mental illness, and many people were trapped in the pull between self-expectation and social expectation, unable to save themselves.
So he decided to go through the materials and investigate.
For Lu Sihao, trying to write about social themes is also a challenge.
In the end, he completed his "transformation work" and wrote this story about "self-discovery".
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Wu Bo
Photo/ Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng reporter: Wu Bo
Video/Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng Reporter: Wu Bo
Correspondent: Song Guozhu
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Dai Yujing