For someone like Hsia, orphaned early and shunted for years among various relatives, the support and affection of his friends has played a particularly important part in his life. Fuzzy people, floating people During his four-and-a-half years in Paris Hsia lived in a tiny garret in the red light district with barely enough room to stand up in. He supported himself doing miscellaneous jobs, working on people's houses and restoring furniture.
在法國的四年半生活裡，夏陽住在紅燈區裡一個不到兩坪大、不能直起身子的閣樓裡，到處打雜做工，補屋頂、做水電、修家具樣樣都要做。