Sample years (The passing years of youthful romance, the best-selling novel with 3 million clicks on Sina)

Author: Sun Rui
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The book ranked first in the click-through rate on Sina Net for eight consecutive weeks, and was licensed by 33 countries at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October. However, The Grassroots of Youth was not officially published until the Beijing Book Fair in 2004, with an initial print run of 150,000 copies. It records the current state of a specific place—campus—with a unique perspective, where the subjective and objective factors of human and society are subtly influenced at every moment, giving rise to a series of amusing yet thought-provoking stories. The delicate descriptions, playful language, and the humor and lightness born of helplessness, combined with the seemingly cynicism of profound depth, make people feel a touch of sorrow after bursting into laughter, realizing the inner world of college students at the turn of the century. This book is a long romantic novel depicting college life, with the love story of Qiu Fei and Zhou Zhou as its main thread. It portrays vividly the individualistic characters of college students like Qiu Fei and Yang Yang, who are considered "bad" students in school—indifferent to studies, always trying to avoid exams, peeping into female dorms, dating, playing in bands, drinking, fighting, and so on. It presents to readers a lively and lifelike depiction of the diverse student life. Yet, in reality, they are idealistic and passionate youth who yearn to find an outlet for their souls, love literature and music, and are filled with kindness and hope for the future. However, they are out of sync with the rigid and bureaucratic environment of the university, which leads to their cynicism and their weak rebellion through their "bad" behavior. It is only until that they awaken suddenly to the disheveled and fragmented state of their youth, feeling a sense of desolation. When the time comes to cherish the memories, they realize the value of love and life.