I and "Second Handshake"

Author: Zhang Yang
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The Second Handshake indeed "influenced a generation," "touched a generation," and "touched the entire generation of Chinese people" in those dark times. It truly moved people's hearts, played the role of "pursuing light" and "passing the torch," and ignited the "flame of light" in the hearts of countless people—all of these are facts. However, this book is not well-written—this is also a fact. In the history of contemporary literature, there are some works that became legends not because of their excellence, but because of the special fate of the writer and the work. Zhang Yang's The Second Handshake circulated secretly in various handwritten versions during the Cultural Revolution until its official publication in 1979. With a print run of 4.3 million copies, it only brought Zhang Yang 1,000 yuan in royalties but made this book a "book that touched an entire era." The book includes chapters such as The Case of Return, The Counter-Revolutionary Family, From Froth to Return, The Roots of Crime, The Plague-like Collective Punishment, Siege and Counter-Siege, and others.