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The Ten Thousand Things

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Gifted writing opens the door to the ten thousand things observed by a minor bureaucrat who is also an artist. And as an artist there's a lot to be seen. The description of the people he meets is so detailed, like a painting for the mind to absorb through words.

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I am probably not a suitable reader for this metaphorical book about the life experience of artist Wang Meng in the ancient China. This is not a novelwhere the plot is the center of the story, instead, the philosophy, visual arts, feelings and meditation take the leading place here.
The writing style is interesting and the ancient China is a wonderful canvas to paint the story on, so to say - I was just missing the story I could connect to.

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Unfortunately I didn't connect to this book and ended up not finishing it. I will not be reviewing it since my opinions aren't based on the entirety of the book and may therefore give wrong impressions.

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