The prosperous era of China is a brilliant chapter, and Gusu Read "Years" in the city. On the afternoon of July 9, in the B Hall of Suzhou International Expo Center located on the banks of the beautiful Jinji Lake, the fragrance of books is full of glorious chapters. The 11th Book Fair in Jiangsu Province was grandly held. In the southeast corner of the exhibition hall of thousands of square meters, a reader meeting of the novel "Years" by military writer Mr. Xu Tongcun is underway, and the audience is full.
The novel "Years" has nearly 400,000 words, which connects rivers and seas, enters urban and rural areas, spans the military and local areas, and crosses time and space. It mainly tells the tortuous journey of Yu Tonghua, a student who failed the college entrance examination, joined the military and later transferred to the local area. The protagonist is a young man with ideals and ambitions, determined to change his destiny through his own efforts. In this process, there is sunshine and dust. However, the persistent spirit of uplifting is unwavering. Although he is still far from his goal in the end, he will be worthy of his own hard work and hard work. This is the main theme that the author strives to express. The spirit of unremitting pursuit and the state of being upright and kind, and not losing the true nature are touching. "New Years" records the stories of many characters with the "post-60s" as the main body in a literary way. What is particularly important is that the series of characters created have experienced major developments and changes in China in the past half century.
event site, host Ms. Peng Qiuwu read Hi’s honorary vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association Hi’s recommendation for the novel “Years”: There are many writers who have been in the army and transferred to local areas, and Xu Tongcun is one of them. His protagonist Yu Tonghua, the protagonist of "Years", has rich life experience and is starting from the rural areas of northern Jiangsu next to the Yellow Sea. The author shows us a picture of life in rural areas in northern Jiangsu. Then we went to the Central Plains to join the army, which allowed us to understand the life of the military camp and military academy and the situation of combat troops and local troops. After the transfer, he served as secretary of the provincial urban district committee, which allowed us to see the social form and development and changes in Jiangnan from the protagonist's perspective. The large span and transformation of the scenes in the novel make the protagonist's various experiences appear to be more tortuous and exciting. The author has always focused on the shaping of characters, which is due to the author's personal experience and artistic expression. This allows us to have unexpected reading experiences from the image of Yu Tonghua, and feel the living conditions and profound changes of the military and local areas in China over the past 40 years. It also makes this novel reflect different literary values, making the novel durable to read and taste, and has a long aftertaste. This novel "Years" is worth reading from different age groups and professional groups, and is particularly recommended.
Due to time constraints, the author Xu Tongcun briefly talked about the story behind the creation of "Years". As a special guest of the event that day, a fellow villager and literary friend of the author of "Years", the poet Shu Xianghong was invited to share his feelings about reading "Yearss". Shu Xianghong said that this book has at least three revelations for young people chasing their dreams: First, there are tens of millions of roads to success, and all the big roads lead to Rome. Three hundred and sixty lines, each line produces top scholars. Second, dark clouds will not cover the sun forever, gold will always shine. The green mountains cannot be covered, after all, they flow eastward. Third, there has never been a savior, and the rudder of fate is in his own hands. There is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb.
"Years" author Xu Tongcun's comrade-in-arms Ren Ke came to write a poem from Nanchang . Chairman Liu Yuzhen of Nanjing Yamei Reading Conference led four anchors to read the clips of "Years" aloud. Teacher Lu Meijuan shared the readers' feelings about "Years" with the readers on site. There were two young readers at the scene reading some chapters of "Years" with great interest and received the author's signature and gift book. Yangzi Evening News/Zi Niu News reporter Huang Yanwen
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Source: Zi Niu News