About This Novel
"Going to School" is a sincere work by the famous writer Ye Zhaoyan looking back on his childhood and boyhood. It is a brand new collection of prose essays after the non-fiction work "Nanjing Biography". As a person born in the 1950s, Ye Zhaoyan's reading career reflected the unique history and changes of the times in the 1960s and 1970s. In primary school, middle school and high school, and even as the first class of candidates after the resumption of the college entrance examination, amidst the changes in society, what remains unchanged is the hunger and enthusiasm for learning. This book is divided into more than ten sections, using "going to school" as a clue to pull out the historical dust and information fragments belonging to a specific era, and narrate some unforgettable memories in his more than ten years of studying from different aspects. The time when he was studying in primary school in the countryside, studying farming, studying engineering, accompanying each other with his grandfather Ye Shengtao and his grandson in Beijing, and the neglect of his parents in special years... Are all clearly presented in this work one by one. The pain of growing up, the thirst for learning, the hope of family affection, and the hurt of the times are written in a calm and restrained way, indifferent and distant. In the restrained narrative, it shows us the resilience of growth and the complexity of life, and the deep feelings for the past years of studying in the past are hidden in the simple words and sentences.
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