人世间

Gongle, a poor neighbourhood of a northern provincial capital, is where more than a dozen children of ordinary families start out. Following above all one son of the Zhou family, the three-volume novel traces their lives from the early 1970s through the reform era to the present day. A few study their way into the elite; most, like their parents, work hard just to make a living. Across some fifty years their hardships, ambitions, loyalties and friendships rise and fall with the vast changes in Chinese society.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Family, Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

China, 1970s–2010s

First published

2017 by China Youth Publishing House

Author's age

68 when first published

ISBN

9787515350264 (original)

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