So Many Olympic Exertions, Anelise Chen Criticism & Theory was cute and charismatic

was cute and charismatic

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Front cover illustration by Jianan Qian

这本书用温柔私语敲碎宏大冷酷的历史叙事，以爱与神明交织的网，为那被战争、性别与文明高架于大椅上，摇摇欲坠、脆弱而具体的人，妄求一线生机。——作家随庭

So Many Olympic Exertions, Anelise Chen Criticism & Theory was cute and charismaticNamed one of 5 Writers Under 35 by National Book Foundation, 2019 Blending elements of memoir and sports writing, Anelise Chen's debut novel is an experimental work that perhaps most resembles what the ancient Greeks called hyponemata, or "notes to the self," in the form of observations, reminders and self exhortations. Taken together, these notes constitute a personal handbook on "how to live" or perhaps more urgently "why to live," a question the