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''Like a Speeding Youth'' (像少年啦飞驰, pinyin: Xiàng shàonián la fēichí) is a 2002 novel by Chinese writer Han Han. It is Han's third book, and uses Han's traditional writing style, a mixture of humor and satire about society. The novel indicates contemporary Chinese students' as well as lower class workers' confusion and current situation. ==Preface== It is universal that published books' prefaces are something like expectances that this book could sell well or praises for the authors' great talents by another several masters. However, the content of the ''Like a Speeding Youths preface differs from the majority. The content of the preface can be divided into four parts. *Firstly, Han Han explains the stories behind the book. He writes that he took almost one year to finish these ten thousand words. During this period, Han Han admits that he didn't write them all at once but stopped at irregular intervals. That intermittent writing way brings about two main problems. One is low efficiency. Another is usually, when he picked up his pen again, he could not remember the previous plots. So the weird phenomenon that sometimes a story does not end but another new story starts without any transition usually shows up in this work. He emphasized that these on and off plots were indeed a result of his laziness, not any special writing techniques. *Secondly, Han Han uses two real examples to specifically expound a currently terrible phenomenon in literary circles. One occurred upon himself. Triple Door is his first released novel and costs him much energy. He has ever said that he sincerely treasured it. But some experts don't seem to appreciate the novel. Han Han wrote in his preface, ''"I can't have to admire these people heart and soul. They even didn't know the color of my book's cover, but they are able to make up such comprehensive comments on it. Probably, that skill is exactly what they benefit from high education."'' Another illustration happened to his friend. Finishing reading, it's easy to find that although the male character changes, the problem stated from the incident is the same. Han Han points out directly that commenting on others doesn't make sense as much as doing some indeed meaning things. *Thirdly, Han Han switches his criticism to piracy vendors. Unlike normal thinking, Han Han doesn't care if vendors pirate his works to profiteer. The only issue he stresses is that he wishes vendors could enhance the piratic standard to respect the originals. *Fourthly, Han Han mentions that he is definitely not an indignant blue, although concluding the above statements, he actually acts as an indignant blue a little. This denial suggests to readers that he just speaks and acts following his heart and hates others who don't know his thoughts but are always judging him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Like a Speeding Youth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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