far side of the moon

Weng Wanjun's first collection of essays includes thirty-four essays, which unfold a twelve-year journey. With straightforward and sincere words, she frankly faces the self hiding on the other side of the moon.

This collection of essays charts a trajectory of growth, using words to explore the inner contexts and consciousness of life. Themes range from exploring family of origin, personal emotions, the body, and death. Whether exploring the migration of families, childhood memories, the whispers of lovers, personal mobility, or the loneliness of living in a foreign land, themes of struggle and growth are all revolving around one. Reading each essay, one senses the writers' genuine desires and aspirations, sometimes lyrical and sometimes self-deprecating.

"The back of the moon" can refer to a kind of meditation and sentiment in writing, and it is also a metaphor.

Recommendation

It is easy to identify a distinct attitude in each article. That straightforward voice of intervention is precisely the authentic shaping of family, literature, love, and marriage, and the embodiment of simple observation and original intention.

──Gao Jiaqian (Associate Professor, Department of Chinese, National Taiwan University)

The many trivial daily lives condense into more private nests, where there are more healing voices and more acceptance of one's own feelings, including moments of vulnerability, moments of dependence, and moments of doubt.

──He Shufang (Malaysian Chinese writer)

Weng Wanjun

A graduate of the Graduate Institute of Chinese Literature at National Taiwan University, he currently teaches at an international school. He has been a writer and translator for many years and has previously served as editor-in-chief and supplement reporter for fashion magazines. His essays have won the Huazong Literary Award and the Seagull Literary Award. He co-authored the music and lifestyle magazine "Turn Button" and the concept album "The Most Beautiful Moment." Having spent the first half of his life diligently pursuing his dreams, he has decided to spend the second half of his life experiencing the world with his own feet and eyes, transforming the crisscrossing axes into the beautiful eyes of his heart.