Battle Words · 1970

Author: He Liang
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: In the early 1970s, a 15-year-old boy, with wide-eyed curiosity and innocence, stepped into a military camp in the deep northern mountains. What did he see there? What experiences did he undergo? What reflections did he have on what he saw and experienced? After 35 years, the young man from back then has grown into a major general in the People's Republic of China. Revisiting his soldiering days, what life lessons does he draw this time? The author takes a unique approach, condensing his military experiences and life insights into a long series of "military terms," with each term telling a story. Within these stories, characters emerge, and the chapters weave together, interweaving and complementing each other to form this autobiographical, notebook-style novel. As you turn the pages, it's as if you're viewing a folk painting of a 1970s military camp. Those who have served in the military will easily see their own reflections in it, resonating with the protagonist's emotional journey. Those who haven't served will also be inspired by these vivid and philosophically rich terms, because the essence of human nature remains the same across generations, transcending both military and civilian life.