Fading memories

Author: Zhao Tielin
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This book tells the history of a family's rise and fall over decades, the ups and downs of two generations. It is a folk read on social life. As the Buddha says, a speck of dust can reveal the vast universe. This book not only starts with the experience of the "Up to the Countryside" movement, but also covers a significant portion of it, faithfully recording and preserving the rich and authentic original ecology of the life of the intellectuals sent to the countryside. In a sense, this book is a "Tale of Two Cities": one city is Beijing, and the other is Xinxiang. The former city holds warm memories and dreams of childhood, filled with flowers and bright sunshine, while the latter city is shrouded in a gloomy and somber atmosphere, as if immersing one in a heavy, endless mire. In this book, he presents to the world the cunning and calculations of his life in the underclass, including his somewhat rough love and marriage, without any hesitation.