金色河流

Mu Youheng, known as Boss You, belongs to the first generation of private business owners in reform-era China, and the novel looks back from his last two years. His fortune began with a betrayal: when his sworn brother He Jixiang died helping him, he entrusted Mu with everything he had earned in the south, to raise his unborn child, and Mu used it as his first capital. Around Mu are his elder son Mu Cang, who has Asperger's syndrome, his younger son Wang Sang, absorbed in Kunqu opera, and his goddaughter Heshan, who grew up wild after a hard childhood. Over forty years the family's story reflects China's changing ideas of wealth.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

China

First published

2022 by Yilin Press

Author's age

49 when first published