Northeast China, 1995. The factories have collapsed, and the sky has fallen.
Zhao Chenzhou takes off his military uniform and comes home. His mother lies in a hospital bed, waiting for him to bring her medicine. His younger sister is waiting for her tuition, and everyone in Tiexi District is waiting for something to eat.
But what can he do?
Work security for Huang Laohu at the train station? Become a bouncer at Sun Jianguo’s nightclub?
Or follow his childhood friend Li Heizi down this one-way road until there’s no turning back?
He doesn’t know.
All he knows is that he has strange dreams: in them, his brothers’ blood splashes across his face, and betrayal drives into his back like a knife.
He wants to hide, but he can’t.
He wants to run, but he can’t escape.
The winters in Tiexi District are too long.
Long enough that some people never live to see spring.
It's a good book, the content is wonderful, cheers to the author