Tides Like Smoke, Life Like a Dream

This is a long novel of around 300,000 to 400,000 words, depicting the thoughts and spiritual lives of people born in the 1950s.

This generation came of age alongside the People's Republic, sharing in and bearing witness to the ups and downs of the country's development and history.

The novel takes historical progress as its central theme, revealing not only the fate of an ordinary family, but also the many twists of fortune faced by its protagonist amid sweeping historical change, including many little-known, heartbreaking true experiences.

This is a memory of an era that must not be erased or forgotten. It is also a summation of the achievements, sense of duty, dedication, and sacrifice of hundreds of millions of people who contributed to the building of the nation during a period of historical development.

A historical process has come to an end, but this generation should not be forgotten. Written in the spirit of seeking truth from facts and from a historical perspective, this work asks a question that any writer with a sense of historical responsibility must first confront deep within their soul: Are honor, shame, wealth, and status really the ultimate measure of a person's success or failure? No. What matters is the difference between people's hearts and nature, between kindness and evil.