How much youth can be relived

Author: Liu Yi
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This novel was published by China Film Press in July 2004 and is a remarkable work that reveals the harshness and tenderness of contemporary youth in recent years. It was originally published in the original version of "Novel Monthly," receiving widespread praise from readers and being hailed by critics as "a typical Chinese-style youth style" and "beautiful and clear language." At the age of twenty-eight, the sudden surge of confusion and loss overwhelmed "me." In this state of mind, at the airport returning from Beijing to Shanghai, I met my first love from college. The dust of time suddenly vanished, taking "me" back to the past. The appearance of the first love triggered conflicts and struggles for "me" between reality and romantic memories. The confusion and passion of youth are always worth cherishing, but the conflicts of reality bring pain. In the memories, "me" and the first love, along with the rock girl and the teacher's subtle feelings, form a melody of youthful growth; in reality, "me" and the fiancée's sweetness, loss, and conflicts, as well as the unresolved emotional entanglement with the first love, showcase the helplessness and confusion of contemporary urban life. The novel's prose is beautiful and fresh, and it received widespread acclaim after its publication.