Tong chen

the long version

"Same Dust tells the story of two artists in pursuit of their artistic ideals, and the love and life conflicts they encountered thereof. Artists are in the center of the desire vortex, but they are often isolated by the noisy sensual life. They create the trend and lead the consumption, but they are the enemy of the era. They are quiet and frivolous, lonely and sharp; they fight with the daily life, and dance alone on the stage. They struggle and fall; they are sentimental and romantic, also the moth of desire, but they keep the desire to fly. Taking six years, the great writer Er Ya carefully writes this masterpiece in elegant and charming Chinese language, which tells the thrilling desire wonders in the world of art."--Amazon.com.