A family-sweeping novel set across decades of modern China, portraying everyday lives, hardship, and hope through several families. It realistically shows how historical change shapes ordinary people’s lives.

Ordinary lives unfold under the pressure of a changing era.

A long novel about how unforgettable memories and the past continue to shape present relationships. Personal recollection and historical awareness intersect throughout a story shaped by loss and renewal.

The weight of memory unsettles the present.

A novel of movement and decision-making, tracing people who travel from the countryside toward the city and the larger currents of modern China. It depicts migration, labor, and the search for a place to belong.

A journey northward becomes a search for belonging.

A novel centered on a protagonist whose conflict, role, and relationships reveal the problems of contemporary society. Its main concerns are identity and responsibility.

A central figure is tested by duty, role, and relationship.

A novel structured around family and sibling relations, exploring moral choice and the way history affects human nature. Its fine-grained psychology and historical awareness give it its force.

Family ties expose the pressure of moral choice.