A Comparison of the Blank-Leaving Artistry in Guizi's Novels

Buying Words constitutes Guizi's first full-length novel after an absence from the literary scene lasting more than a decade. In this work, which synthesizes a sense of temporality with a sense of problematics, adopts an embedding narrative structure, and employs the technique of blank-leaving, readers can identify both continuities with Guizi's earlier works and the emergence of distinctive new characteristics. By taking these continuities and new characteristics as analytical entry points for examining Buying Words alongside Guizi's prior novels, a unique aesthetic of blank-leaving specific to Guizi becomes clearly discernible.