The Fifth Watch
by Qi Yongxiang
About This Novel
A precious rural portrait and alternative psychological history. The main line of this book is the "school history" of a man born in the 1960s, from attending a village school in a remote mountainous area in the northwest to becoming a professor at Peking University after going through many twists and turns. The author's memory is astonishing. His memory of details of his early life is astonishing and his descriptions are vivid. The poverty in rural northwest China is equally astonishing. In addition to the main line of "school notes", the book also describes the author's customs and customs in the remote mountainous areas of Gansu Province, recording in line description the songs, tears, joys and sorrows, hopes and despair of people in that "ordinary world".
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