Haiyan Collection--Dying in Youth

Author: Haiyan
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This book collects five full-length novels: "Death in Youth," "Kidnapping," "Fallen World," "I'm Not a Good Cop," and "My Child, My Hometown." "Death in Youth" tells the tragic story of a police officer who was only nineteen. The novel is narrated through the memories of "I," who was sent to the Qingshui River Re-education Through Labor Farm to support disaster relief work after the Tangshan Earthquake in the 1970s. There, she met Lu Xiaoxiang and developed a passionate first love. Due to the abnormal social era, Lu Xiaoxiang's humanitarian thoughts and emotions, as well as all his actions, became evidence of his sabotage of disaster relief and sympathy for counter-revolutionaries. He was imprisoned and ultimately shot to death by the gun of his closest friend and relative. The work is written with cruelty and beauty, profound in thought and thought-provoking. The novel not only tells moving and poignant stories but also reflects broad social content through vivid characters. The pervasive and insidious faces of "Leftism" are suspended in Haiyan's rich gallery of characters as the plot unfolds, leaving an indelible mark of the cruelty of that era. The other novels included in this collection are equally profound and savor.