Shuang Guo (*1984 in Guizhou) is a short story writer and essayist. Guo Shuang's writing combines storytelling, non-fiction, mythology and fairy tales. She places her vision in the common human experience and writes about time, memory and...
I Am Willing To Learn To Tremble
About the project
"I Am Willing To Learn To Tremble" is published in China (Mainland) in 2019. Based on fieldwork in Germany, this book writes about a new generation of Chinese who loved Grimm's fairy tales from an early age. After adulthood, she went to Germany to explore the influence of ancient fairy tales on contemporary ordinary people and families. It is the echo of fairy tales and the common secret of the human soul.
"I Am Willing To Learn To Tremble " won three awards in 2020 as below:
The Eslite Book Store Award (The Best Writer of Year),
The Chinese Youth Writer Award (The nominee award of The Best Non-fiction Book of Year)
The Zhongshan Star Award (The Best Writer of Year)
"I would like to learn to tremble"