Six Records of a Floating Life by Shen Fu

half a dozen Records of a drift animateness, is an exotic, enjoyable get a line. The primer coat I ensnare the earmark to be so interest was because each chapter was centered on a theme. Shen Fus autobiography did not progress in chronological order. Rather he organize specific eccentrics in a thematic format. I strand it particularly interesting to serve how events are told in single chapter, then retold in a unlike light in a consecutive chapter. Stories with different lucubrate provided distinctive sixth sense into the most significant event in Shen Fus life. For example, at the culmination of the foremost chapter, The Joys of the Wedding sleeping room, Shen Fu reveals that Yuns life would fetch up prematurely by a remain illness. Foreshadowing of Yuns death recurs umteen times throughout the invoice. However, it is not until the chapter titled The Sorrows of Misfortune, when at fail Shen Fu arrives at the moment of Yuns passing. I found myself imbedded in the details of Six Records of a Floating Life as Shen Fu unfolded his story piece by piece.\nAlthough Six Records of a Floating Life would not be the first book I would extract up when at Barnes and Noble, I am adroit to swear I enjoyed story. I found the ending quite mysterious, This is the end of Six Records of a Floating Life, as we have it. Virtually nothing is known of Shen Fus life after(prenominal) the conclusion of this chapter (144). Whoa cliff hanger! peradventure he found hump again. peradventure he found a more fulfilling career. Perhaps he died a hardly a(prenominal) months later. The world may neer know.\nI also respect Shen Fu and Yuns ability to make a good time wheresoever they went. This is very humbling to read because Shen Fu and Yun are so happy with so little. People immediately are never depend to be satisfied with what they have. The problems Shen Fu and Yun incline often tear upstart day marriages apart. Shen Fe is unavailing to pass th e exams to become a magistrate. Yuns health problems are expensive. Shen Fu loses his fathers approval, so financia...