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The Hardship of Youth and Now

The Hardship of Youth and Now


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微信,使五位四十年没见过面的"兵团战友"重逢在美国。1976年,他们当中最大的十七岁,最小的十五岁,从省城"下乡"到兵团,并且幸运地被选进师部演出队而不用在北大荒开荒种地。然而几个月之后"文革"结束,知青开始返城,于是五个人因个人机缘通过上学、病退、困退、扎根农村等不同方式,从此改写了原本是同样命运的人生。再见时,大家已经年近六十,有的人是居留美国几十年的生物科学家和中文教授;有的人是来美国探亲服侍女儿做月子的农村妇女;有的人是为了一纸绿卡结婚离婚的"美女";有的人是祸兮福所倚福兮祸所伏的下岗女工。

故事从2018新年前夜开始,五个人因时代的变迁与个人的遭遇,从重逢初始的"熟悉却陌生着",到一年里发生的所有事件把大家的命运再度联系在一起的"因陌生而熟悉",他们重新找回年轻时代的友情与同舟共济的信念。

作者力图通过书中五位"知青"过去和现在的遭遇,否定当今 "不是老人变坏了,是坏人变老了"的社会成见,说明一个时代的错误不该由已经深受其害的这一代人去承担,相反,绝地而起的意志与绝处逢生的信念,是"知青"这代人的特质----社会愧对于他们,但是他们没有怪罪;生活亏待了他们,然而他们不去抱怨。也许生存的困境使他们囧态倍出,但是潜藏在他们灵魂深处的理想主义,却在不经意中闪动出"人之初,性本善"的美好的人性光芒。

在艺术表现形式上,五位当年共赴北大荒的"知青",均为本书主人公。四十二年后,在美国大学教书的李沙"失业前后"、美国科学家薛大鹏"入狱前后"、嫁给美国人的向红"离婚前后"、来美国伺候女儿月子的郭燕"打工前后"、到美国探望双胞胎妹妹的向阳"入关前后",将五条生命线交织在一起。重逢到再度分手,仅仅一年。过去的遭遇、现在的囧况,以及未来的命运,带出一连串与他们命运相关的人物。机缘巧合,不同肤色、不同种族的人交织在这五个人的生命线里,串起一个时代跨国的人文故事。

扫描本书封面的二维码,可以看到作者的相关介绍。


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781683722076
  • Publisher: Dixie W Publishing Corporation
  • Publisher Imprint: Dixie W Publishing Corporation
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 430
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Width: 170 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1683722078
  • Publisher Date: 23 Aug 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: Chinese
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 730 gr

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