Youth (original Work of the Movie "youth")
by Yan Geling
About This Novel
The original novel of the movie "Youth" directed by Feng Xiaogang and starring Huang Xuan! The story takes place in the army art troupe in the 1970s. From the perspective of female soldier Xiao Suizi, it revolves around a series of events caused by the male soldier Liu Feng being punished for a "touching incident". It tells the different fates of Liu Feng and four female soldiers after the incident. Liu Feng was sent to the logging company; later he went to the battlefield and became a combat hero, losing his right arm; after he retired from the army, he lived in a miserable life, and finally died of cancer. He Xiaoman has always been ostracized by everyone, and was later transferred to a field hospital. He became a model figure, but suffered from schizophrenia; even "I" (Xiao Suizi) was ostracized after being exposed for writing a love letter; including Lin Dingding and Hao Shuwen, their fates were also cruel. None of the characters in the novel has a truly happy ending, and no one is a real winner. This kind of disillusionment seems to all originate from that betrayal in youth, "Why did we love betraying others so much? Why didn't we feel that betrayal was shameless, but felt that it was justice?" Spiritual introspection emerges from time to time in the novel, reflecting on the times and human nature.
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