With the disappearance of his father, Fang Delin, as its central mystery and the search for his family as its main thread, this work unfolds a vivid panorama spanning several eras. His father goes from being a decorated veteran returning home to quietly vanishing after fifteen years as a widower. The next generation, Fang Jiezhou, retraces his father's life, starting from the battlefields where he served and searching piece by piece. He uncovers his father's military career, his love story with Song Lan, and how he met his mother, Lu Sulan. At the turning point when his parents married, he recreates the shifting fortunes of an entire era.
His father's life holds the helplessness and steadfastness of ordinary people amid the changes of the times. His children's neglect of him, and their belated guilt, strike a chord with the complicated feelings many people have about family.
Fang Jiezhou retraces the path his father once took into the military and once again lives through the turning points of his father's life. With hints of rebirth, the story portrays two generations turning their lives around when faced with the same experiences, making this one of the book's finest chapters. Here, the author also extends the narrative to the lives and anxieties, struggles and rise, love and hatred of people today...
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