Wanchun Street

About This Novel

[Reality of the era + family portraits + changes of the times] The echoes of the times in Shanghai alleys, the fireworks in ordinary people's homes. Another masterpiece from the author of "Bianjing Spring", the Shanghai version of "Alley People"! In the 1970s, two families, Gu and Chen, lived in an old alley on Wanchun Street in Shanghai. They experienced ups and downs in the era of the resumption of the college entrance examination, the return of educated youth to the city, and reform and opening up. The elders are each looking for a way out: the uncle Gu Dongwen opens a restaurant, the uncle Gu Beiwu goes to study in the United States, the aunt Gu Nanhong joins the garment industry, and the mother Gu Ximei helps Xinjiang educated youth; the younger generations move forward bravely: the eldest daughter Chen Sijiang stays in Shanghai and grows up wild in the alley; the second daughter Chen Sinan grows up in Xinjiang and is determined to return to Shanghai... One alley, two families, three generations of women, a century-old history. The fate of three generations is intertwined, which not only reflects the shortcomings of the parents, but also shows the urban changes in Shanghai in the past forty years and the indomitable fighting spirit of ordinary people in the face of great social changes, and join the torrent of the times to fight tenaciously!

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