I and "The Second Handshake"

Author: Zhang Yang
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The Second Handshake indeed "influenced an entire generation," "touched an entire generation," and "moved the Chinese people of that entire era." In the dark times, it truly moved people's hearts, played the role of "pursuing the light" and "passing the torch," igniting the "flame of light" in the hearts of countless people"—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 different 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 moved an entire era." The book includes chapters such as The Case of Return, The Counter-Revolutionary Family, From Froth to The Return, The Roots of Crime, The Plague-like Collective Punishment, Siege and Counter-Siege, and others.