Destiny carries everyone forward like waves. In the huge waves of the last century, Li Shigui, a son of the poor, experienced major historical changes such as the Great Famine, the Japanese invasion of China, land reform, the red years, reform and opening up, and township enterprises, and became a witness and witness to the tide of the times.
History is not a clean break, but moves forward slowly. The full text spans nearly sixty years. It not only describes the characters of northern rural refugees, gentry, farmers, Yaren, warlords, progressive youths, Feng Shui masters, prostitutes, etc. Before liberation, but also has a new understanding of farmers, entrepreneurs, officials, sluts, human traffickers, second-rates, Yi Xue masters, etc. In the new era. The two are both antagonistic and interdependent.
People are just a ball of burning desire. When he was poor, Li Shigui only wanted food and clothing and not to be bullied. Once he became rich and powerful, he was lost in money, power, honor, sexual desire, and superstition and couldn't extricate himself.
Reader comments
It's a really nice piece of historical writing. It's a life that is a bit familiar to Fugui in "To Live", but being rich is too bitter. I hope it won't be the same as Fugui.
It's a really nice piece of historical writing. It's a life that is a bit familiar to Fugui in "To Live", but being rich is too bitter. I hope it won't be the same as Fugui.
Nice! Real and touching