My Expression (A Novel of Love, Loss, and the Echoes of Youth)

The poignant conclusion to the Nanjing Literature Series, My Expression by Lu Xun Literature Prize-winning author Zhu Hui centers on Kong Yang, an editor whose routine life unravels when his first love reappears after eight years abroad. Parallel to this rekindled affair, a family crisis—his sister-in-law’s terminal diagnosis—tests the bonds of love and duty. Set in modern Nanjing, this novel captures the subtle, often unspoken tensions of life in a city where ancient history looms over modern anxieties—a story about the entanglements of innocence and maturity, the devastating ripple effects of desire, and the quiet dignity required to face mortality.