Eighteen years old give me a girl

Author: Feng Tang
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: 1970s literary person. A master from outside the literary world suddenly appears! Recommended by Li Jingze, Bai Ye, Chen Xiaoming, Zhang Yiwu, Wang Yao, He Shaojun, Zhang Zhizhong, Fu Yue'an, Chen Cun, Huang Jiwei, etc. Feng Tang's novels are both innocent and cunning. His wild talent, innocent heart, and even his mischief all leave a strong impression. He is determined to corner many of his peers in the literary world, forge a new path, and tighten the "malicious" slingshot he handmade with youthful memories, piercing the barriers of time and oblivion.
The title "Give Me a Girl at 18" comes from a lyric by Cui Jian. It centers on Feng Tang's youthful experiences at 17 and 18, depicting the unique coming-of-age story of someone born in the 1970s. Feng Tang states that whether in form or content, literature can transcend time and space. "I firmly believe that in a fast-paced, society, literature can still warm people's hearts," he says. It is his belief that "literature can warm the heart" that has always driven him to write. "I hope to observe and record some aspects of this era in my own way. This is why I have been writing in my spare time."
Before moving into this prefabricated building, I had already heard the old rogue Kong Jianguo talk about Zhu Chang's mother. The old rogue Kong Jianguo said Zhu Chang's mother was a peerless beauty. The first time I met Zhu Chang, I made up my mind to do whatever it took to spend my life with her.
Seventeen- or eighteen-year-old boys don’t have a sense of time. A lifetime means forever to them. If my hands were to caress Zhu Chang’s hair and I couldn’t stand tall, I would truly be old. But if I was sincere, without truly holding her or touching her, her presence would seem far away. Yet my hands, filled with memories, would reach into the void, stroking the air, and she would be in my arms, her hair between my fingers. In an instant, I would stand tall, my true yang energy abundant, my fate boundless. I took a deep breath and could float into the sky like holding my own head in my hands, lying horizontally.
Compared to Feng Tang's previous novel The Growth of Everything, Give Me a Girl at 18 can be seen as its prequel. Both protagonists are named Qiushui. The Growth of Everything depicts university life, while Give Me a Girl at 18 narrates the love story of a high school student, a chronicle of emotional fragmentation. It records the author's first encounters with violence and sexuality in Beijing in the early 1980s.