Spring Flowers Falling from Forest Trees (林花谢了春红)
What can really bind two people together in love? What is the true proof of belonging to each other? Social contract, corporal love or dependency on each other?
In the editorial department of a magazine, the chief editor, editor, coordinator, columnists, (all women), and the photographer and his model wife, are all trapped in marriage crisis. A woman in menopause, despite her middle-class upbringing, suffers from anxiety like a trapped animal; a young woman in her prime seizes other people’s relationships with extreme arrogance; and the past that has been collecting dust in people’s memories only reveals a family’s disgrace. Actions have consequences. The woman unwilling to be abandoned ends her own life to resolve the grievances buried deep in her heart, while the careless survivors whisper to one another like warblers, holding on to the remnants of love by defending and absolving it.
Zhao Mei borrows the verse "spring flowers falling from forest trees" from the opening of a famous poem from late 900 B.C. to capture the wisdom of its theme, “like water that will always flow east, there will always be regret.” Zhao Mei expresses the characters' emotions through stream of consciousness. The point of view constantly alternates, facilitating the exchange between the characters’ internal and external world, creating a three-dimensional story. Purchase HERE.
究竟 是什么才能真正将两个相爱的人维系在一起？互相拥有要靠什么才能证明？社会契约，身体之爱，还是心灵相依？
在杂志编辑部里，女编辑，女主编，女编务，专栏作家，摄影师和他的模特老婆，每个人都受困于婚姻危局。正值更年期的女人，有着中产的背景，但精神失重如困兽的焦虑；盛世年华的青年女子对他人之爱的霸占和嚣张之态；尘封数年的往事更关及一段不能公开的家族耻辱。有因必有果，不甘成为弃者之人以结束生命来化解胸中的怨气；苟存者莺莺私语，在爱的辩护和开脱中极力拥抱残存的爱情。
《林花谢了春红》深入到精神，运用意识流式的话语方式来表现人物内心与情绪，不停变化的叙事视角与人称使内部世界与外部世界交流，使叙事变得立体。实验化的语体特征与知性的思维表达使《林花谢了春红》同样具有赵玫小说中一贯的知识分子特质，呈现出她独有的创作风格。［在此购书］
In the editorial department of a magazine, the chief editor, editor, coordinator, columnists, (all women), and the photographer and his model wife, are all trapped in marriage crisis. A woman in menopause, despite her middle-class upbringing, suffers from anxiety like a trapped animal; a young woman in her prime seizes other people’s relationships with extreme arrogance; and the past that has been collecting dust in people’s memories only reveals a family’s disgrace. Actions have consequences. The woman unwilling to be abandoned ends her own life to resolve the grievances buried deep in her heart, while the careless survivors whisper to one another like warblers, holding on to the remnants of love by defending and absolving it.
Zhao Mei borrows the verse "spring flowers falling from forest trees" from the opening of a famous poem from late 900 B.C. to capture the wisdom of its theme, “like water that will always flow east, there will always be regret.” Zhao Mei expresses the characters' emotions through stream of consciousness. The point of view constantly alternates, facilitating the exchange between the characters’ internal and external world, creating a three-dimensional story. Purchase HERE.
究竟 是什么才能真正将两个相爱的人维系在一起？互相拥有要靠什么才能证明？社会契约，身体之爱，还是心灵相依？
在杂志编辑部里，女编辑，女主编，女编务，专栏作家，摄影师和他的模特老婆，每个人都受困于婚姻危局。正值更年期的女人，有着中产的背景，但精神失重如困兽的焦虑；盛世年华的青年女子对他人之爱的霸占和嚣张之态；尘封数年的往事更关及一段不能公开的家族耻辱。有因必有果，不甘成为弃者之人以结束生命来化解胸中的怨气；苟存者莺莺私语，在爱的辩护和开脱中极力拥抱残存的爱情。
《林花谢了春红》深入到精神，运用意识流式的话语方式来表现人物内心与情绪，不停变化的叙事视角与人称使内部世界与外部世界交流，使叙事变得立体。实验化的语体特征与知性的思维表达使《林花谢了春红》同样具有赵玫小说中一贯的知识分子特质，呈现出她独有的创作风格。［在此购书］
Copper Sparrow, Deep Spring (铜雀春深)
When women fall in love with power, what will be the outcome? He chases after the most beautiful women ("deep spring"), struggles with indecision among his conquests, but can never resist the temptation to pursue new romances. Before the old relationship dissipates there is a new love. He can never break off a relationship with a lover until he has a new mistress. These women compete for his attention on the emperor's copper stage, making a profession of currying favor with their male boss, not shying away from selling their bodies and souls. For these women, their bodies are no longer sacred, they are treated like merchandise, a bargaining chip in an exchange. In the roundabout of love and desire, how will they resolve their relationships. Purchase HERE.
当女人爱上权利， 结局会是如何？ 他，为着“春深”，总是在红尘环绕中举棋不定，又总是在风花雪月中难抵诱惑。从来都是就爱不去，就有了新欢。并且永远是有了新欢，才断旧爱。她们，为着“雀台”，将巴结男性上司的“事业”做得蒸蒸日上，不惜以色相出卖灵魂。身体对她们来说以非禁忌，而像商品一样，无非交易。在爱和欲的迂回中，他们该怎样了结。［在此购书］
当女人爱上权利， 结局会是如何？ 他，为着“春深”，总是在红尘环绕中举棋不定，又总是在风花雪月中难抵诱惑。从来都是就爱不去，就有了新欢。并且永远是有了新欢，才断旧爱。她们，为着“雀台”，将巴结男性上司的“事业”做得蒸蒸日上，不惜以色相出卖灵魂。身体对她们来说以非禁忌，而像商品一样，无非交易。在爱和欲的迂回中，他们该怎样了结。［在此购书］
The Museum Book (博物馆书)
A compilation of essays on the museums Zhao Mei has visited in the past two decades of travels. The book not only introduces a number of distinctive museums, but also describes the author’s impressions during her visits, especially her thoughts on the vicissitudes of history, the unique temperament of each of the places and the touching personal stories behind each of the museums. Zhao Mei presents her readers a cultural journey on paper. Purchase HERE.
《博物馆书》是一本关于与外博物馆的书籍。是作家赵玫近二十年间在全球各国参观各类博物馆的结集。其中不单单介绍了众多各具特色的博物馆，更多的是作者在游历过程中的独特感受。尤其每个博物馆所承载的历史沧桑和独特气质，以及渗透其中的或感人、或忧伤的人物和故事，都将就成读者奇妙的纸上文化之旅。［在此购书］
《博物馆书》是一本关于与外博物馆的书籍。是作家赵玫近二十年间在全球各国参观各类博物馆的结集。其中不单单介绍了众多各具特色的博物馆，更多的是作者在游历过程中的独特感受。尤其每个博物馆所承载的历史沧桑和独特气质，以及渗透其中的或感人、或忧伤的人物和故事，都将就成读者奇妙的纸上文化之旅。［在此购书］
