"Back door rebellious son---The old man who walked out of the back door"

Author: Guo Baochang
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book is Guo Baochang's follow-up work to The Grand House, another long reflecting the life of "Grand House" disciples. It depicts the joys and sorrows of a wealthy young man in Beijing in the 1930s. After graduating from university, he refuses to inherit the family business of trading silk and instead chooses to "go to the sea" by joining a troupe in the southern part of the city to learn xiangsheng (comic dialogue). The work maintains Guo Baochang's writing style, with a dramatic plot full of twists and turns, characters facing tumultuous fates, and the distinctive Beijing dialect and flavor.