Black Bear Picture Sister-In-Law: a Hundred Years of Loneliness on the Beach

There are traces of the passage of history here, as well as the marks left by the progress of the times. Beginning with a letter from home on the wharf of the Republic of China, Niu Fuqing and Zhao Huaxiong forged old friendships in troubled times; the mountains and rivers of their homeland and the war were displaced, and when it fell on ordinary people, it became a sigh in marriage, origin, household registration, house and dinner table. The generations of Niu Aiguo, Zhao Gouxiong, and Da Nai each have to choose between respectability and sincerity; the generations of Niu Cunchun, Huanxi, and Zhao Heixiong seem to have more choices, but they are still pushed forward by class, desire, and unwillingness. Zhao Heixiong has literary talent but has been depressed for half his life. In his dream, his father and grandfather were replaced, and he became Zhao Hongxiong, leading a completely different life. People are still the same person, but their lives diverge in two ways. This is a novel that contains feelings about family and country, as well as the love between children. It writes about how times change people, and also about how people slowly learn to reconcile with themselves amidst choices, regrets and absurdities.