時が滲む朝

Liang Haoyuan and Xie Zhiqiang have been inseparable since their school days, and in 1988 both win places at a prestigious university. Debating with a young professor and fellow students, they begin to think hard about patriotism, democracy and America, and throw themselves into the democracy movement. After it is crushed by force, a brawl with workers who mocked the protests lands them three months in detention and gets them expelled. Their mentor flees abroad and a student leader they admired disappears. Liang later marries and moves to Japan, still working for the cause, and about ten years on he meets the others again there.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

150 pages in the original

Genres

Politics, Coming of age, Migration (assigned by AI)

Set in

China, Japan, 1988–2008

First published

2008 by Bungeishunju

Author's age

44 when first published

ISBN

9784163273600 (original)

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