Skywalker (winner of Mao Dun Literature Award)
by Liu Xinglong
About This Novel
"Skywalker" is a tragic song dedicated to these "folk heroes who practiced silent asceticism on the land of China in the second half of the twentieth century." Zhang Yingcai, a young man who failed the college entrance examination, came to the remote Jieling Mountain area to be a substitute teacher. He was shocked by the difficult teaching conditions in the mountainous area. In the embarrassment of life, Zhang Yingcai felt the strength, persistence, seriousness, and responsibility of rural teachers, and also experienced the loss, pain, sacrifice, and sadness that fate gave them. What they had to fight against was not only the pressure from life, but also the dignity trampled by power and money. Despite this, every morning, the national flag over Jieling Primary School still rises slowly accompanied by the sound of the national anthem played on the flute... The story revolves around the main line of the "conversion" of the ADPL teachers, vividly showing the life and destiny of private teachers in Jieling Primary School represented by Principal Yu, Sun Sihai, and Deng Youmi, and very realistically reproduces the difficult situation of private teachers in mountainous areas.
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Official(7)Scraped 20d ago
Everything is as natural as water, and as winding as a hundred-mile-long river. Everyone is born in the country. They want to escape from the country in the first half of their lives, and want to return to the country in the second half of their lives. When I read to the end, it was like the sound of a drum suddenly stopped, and my heart was filled with emotions for a long time.
From Ming Aifen, Webmaster Wan, Principal Yu, Sun Sihai and Deng Youmi, to later Zhang Yingcai, Xia Xue, Luo Yu, Lan Fei and Ye Biqiu, everyone seems to have been poisoned by Jieling Primary School. It's not easy for private teachers to become regular teachers! The names of these four people, Sun, Deng, Xia Luo, are interesting and random when I think of them, awesome! Many people use their actions to promote the great cause of education reform and development. They are very admired and moved.
The most authentic book, there is no pretense in the whole book!
Full of characters! It has depth and meaning! Recommended for everyone to read!
Everything in the mountainous area is very poor, and it can be said that it is even more different from that in the city. This way, you can really experience what it is like today. Zhang Yingcai has also paid a lot.
Going to be a teacher in a remote mountainous area may not be a good way out, but for Zhang Yingcai, it has also completely changed his life. It is his own choice to lead to this situation.
Failure in the college entrance examination does not mean that your life is over. There may be another possibility, which is a new beginning. Zhang Yingcai is such a failed candidate, and his life has also undergone new changes.
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Community(0)
Official(7)Scraped 20d ago
Everything is as natural as water, and as winding as a hundred-mile-long river. Everyone is born in the country. They want to escape from the country in the first half of their lives, and want to return to the country in the second half of their lives. When I read to the end, it was like the sound of a drum suddenly stopped, and my heart was filled with emotions for a long time.
From Ming Aifen, Webmaster Wan, Principal Yu, Sun Sihai and Deng Youmi, to later Zhang Yingcai, Xia Xue, Luo Yu, Lan Fei and Ye Biqiu, everyone seems to have been poisoned by Jieling Primary School. It's not easy for private teachers to become regular teachers! The names of these four people, Sun, Deng, Xia Luo, are interesting and random when I think of them, awesome! Many people use their actions to promote the great cause of education reform and development. They are very admired and moved.
The most authentic book, there is no pretense in the whole book!
Full of characters! It has depth and meaning! Recommended for everyone to read!
Everything in the mountainous area is very poor, and it can be said that it is even more different from that in the city. This way, you can really experience what it is like today. Zhang Yingcai has also paid a lot.
Going to be a teacher in a remote mountainous area may not be a good way out, but for Zhang Yingcai, it has also completely changed his life. It is his own choice to lead to this situation.
Failure in the college entrance examination does not mean that your life is over. There may be another possibility, which is a new beginning. Zhang Yingcai is such a failed candidate, and his life has also undergone new changes.
