Island (Vol. 02)

Author: Guo Jingming
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This novel follows the growth journey of a boy from senior high school to adulthood over a decade, perfectly blending the grandeur of Fengcheng and the colloquial style of How Many Times Have You Cried for Me. Guo Jingming believes this work will present a completely new style.
Many summers have passed like this. Looking up, I see the traces of birds that flew years ago. So many dreams slowly and healthily grow in this sentimental season. Sunshine and rain, and the humid monsoon slowly approaching from southeast. Year after year, wearing different clothes while gazing at the same clouds. Skies that clear up sometimes and remain overcast other times. How many bridges I walked under with my head down. Turning back, it’s already another year of blossoming willows. This summer passed in a rush. Too busy to look back at the past. Busy writing articles, taking photos, arranging layouts, and writing plans. Suddenly, we grew up. Started wearing mature clothes, started speaking maturely, started telling others, "I’m working now," and started giving them my own business cards. For a moment, we were so busy that even when sleeping, we thought about tomorrow’s work. But in the end, it was happiness—doing what we loved. Cherishing everything before us, because everything came so hard.
Every step forward brought arguments, but two steps later, we made up. Cried, laughed, clouds gathered and dispersed. Those who watched me grow along the way, I no longer know how to tell you. Growth ultimately stood firmly before me. Ideals shone with golden light, and sounds echoed in the sky, rolling forward. There is an island in the world, away from the noisy crowds of the mortal world. Days and months rise and set. The island’s plants wither and flourish. A moment, a season; a season, a year. Our last turbulent island, bloomed with the last flowers of summer.
This novel tells the growth journey of a boy from senior high school to adulthood over a decade, perfectly blending the grandeur of Fengcheng and the colloquial style of How Many Times Have You Cried for Me. Guo Jingming believes this work will present a completely new style.