What do you think?
Rate this book
租来的人生
向來認真工作的李雲僧，終於升任證券公司的分區負責人，但他卻鬱鬱寡歡。這並非他真心想要的工作，根本就是明升暗降。面對平淡的婚姻、不如己意的事業，他不禁懷疑這一路循規蹈矩的人生，究竟為自己掙得了什麼？
相對地，和他同期進入公司的好友張百剛，情感世界多采多姿，人際手腕八面玲瓏，即使能力戰功不如他，卻因娶了老闆的姪女，而平步青雲當上副總。然而，他真的成為夢想中展翅翱翔的老鷹了嗎？這兩個男人看似天差地別的人生，真相是否也一如表象所見？
人的一生看似可以牢牢掌握在自己手中，卻常因著各種外力而轉動、變遷著。我們的人生，就像是租賃而來的一樣，沒有一種東西，有生命的或無生命的，真正屬於我們，只能在有限的時間內擁有短暫的使用權。這個世界或許只是一家很大的租車公司，被命運善待的人，或許只是租到了一部服務妥貼的好車子，到頭來一切終非己物，總有歸還的一天……
相對地，和他同期進入公司的好友張百剛，情感世界多采多姿，人際手腕八面玲瓏，即使能力戰功不如他，卻因娶了老闆的姪女，而平步青雲當上副總。然而，他真的成為夢想中展翅翱翔的老鷹了嗎？這兩個男人看似天差地別的人生，真相是否也一如表象所見？
人的一生看似可以牢牢掌握在自己手中，卻常因著各種外力而轉動、變遷著。我們的人生，就像是租賃而來的一樣，沒有一種東西，有生命的或無生命的，真正屬於我們，只能在有限的時間內擁有短暫的使用權。這個世界或許只是一家很大的租車公司，被命運善待的人，或許只是租到了一部服務妥貼的好車子，到頭來一切終非己物，總有歸還的一天……
373 pages
6 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
November 19, 2016
First off - this is the same book as 租来的人生. I think when they went for publication in mainland, they changed the title and actually I really do think that 没有在一起,也好 is a more apt, more poignant choice for this work.
Loved this book, and I wasn't expecting to - I don't often love fiction. But this work was amazing - the sort of book that really struck a chord with me, at least, and had me mulling over the content and the characters and their parallels with people and situations I know of in real life. I can't speak to the quality of the actual writing as I'm not that well versed in Chinese, but as to the topics, the statements that the author makes, and their resonance with what I at least encounter in real life - it's spot on.
At the heart of it, this book is about love and covers it from the viewpoint of 4 different people with different situations in life, different maturity levels, different preferences as to what they want and expect out of a romantic relationship. The title sums it up: sometimes it's ok that you don't end up together.
The heart of it for me, personally, is in the relationship between 李云僧 and 郭素素, and the way that the author was able to so painfully convey the push and pull between duty and desire, the sense of being trapped, the helplessness and hopelessness and desire for denial that colors their whole relationship. That was what really hooked me, because it's so real. It's an Asian thing.
Loved this book, and I wasn't expecting to - I don't often love fiction. But this work was amazing - the sort of book that really struck a chord with me, at least, and had me mulling over the content and the characters and their parallels with people and situations I know of in real life. I can't speak to the quality of the actual writing as I'm not that well versed in Chinese, but as to the topics, the statements that the author makes, and their resonance with what I at least encounter in real life - it's spot on.
At the heart of it, this book is about love and covers it from the viewpoint of 4 different people with different situations in life, different maturity levels, different preferences as to what they want and expect out of a romantic relationship. The title sums it up: sometimes it's ok that you don't end up together.
The heart of it for me, personally, is in the relationship between 李云僧 and 郭素素, and the way that the author was able to so painfully convey the push and pull between duty and desire, the sense of being trapped, the helplessness and hopelessness and desire for denial that colors their whole relationship. That was what really hooked me, because it's so real. It's an Asian thing.
Displaying 1 of 1 review