Lyrical years

Author: Pan Jing
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: The Sentimental Era describes a small group of special youth in Beijing from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. They lived in decay and hardship, forming "circles" in that gray and desolate era, navigating through the social gaps caused by "the revolution." They were silent, abandoned by mainstream society, yet even in abandonment, they inherited some invisible power. They secretly led deep currents, preserving a spiritual life amidst universal poverty. They were a group of nobles, exiled to Siberia in time. From this starting point, they later became poets, delinquents, and pillars of society.