The novel The Winding Path spans more than a century. Inspired by the author’s family history, it unfolds in a gentle narrative voice, following the turbulent life of its heroine, Zhou Yaning, as it tells the story of love and enmity across five generations. The older generation’s years of war and fire, the trials and hardships of those who came of age in the 1950s, and the rebellion and struggle of those born in the 1980s: the years pass like a song, a lament, a story. So many regrets! So many reflections! So much comfort! So much sweetness! Let the pen be a boat sailing through time, casting a net of memories and dredging up the treasures of history.
A lingering, wistful longing, entrusted to clouds flying thousands of miles. Do old friends still remember? All that innocence has flowed east with the waters!
