Of course, the author is not Mr. Kong Ming, but a very young contemporary writer: Ge Liang.
Who is Ge Liang?
There are many connections.
His great-uncle is Chen Duxiu and his great-uncle is Deng Jiaxian. During the Republic of China, his grandfather Ge Kangyu was hired as a professor at Central University and his family moved to Nanjing.
His ancestral home is Anqing, Anhui Province, and his family includes Chen, Deng, Fang and other in-laws in southern Anhui.
The context of past lives met Ge Liang. Born in 1978, graduated from Chinese Department of Nanjing University and went to Hong Kong for further study. The novel "North Kite" was published in more than 300,000 copies.
In this novel, Ge Liang traces the life experience of his ancestors for the first time, and puts the family story in a turbulent era, reflecting the turbulent history of the Republic of China.
The book "North Kite" has a grand narrative and meaningful brushwork. Selected as one of the best books in China on 20 16, and won the second Bookstore Literature Award.
The background of this book is the stormy Republic of China.
In such a particular turbulent era, many figures appeared in turn, interpreting the rise and fall of the family and reappearing the conflict between the old and new cultures under the background of the great era. Capital and politics, warlords and rivers and lakes, dazzling, can not bear to miss.
Meng Zhaoru, a descendant of the sage, married Lu, a Confucian businessman. Although they are mistresses, they are much younger than Jia Mu, but they are congenial in temperament and have the same outlook on life and values, which is a model of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and trust advocated by China traditional culture.
Lu Wensheng, Zhao Ru's adopted son, grew up to be a modest gentleman under the training of China's model parents.
Wensheng, who has won the essence of ancient China culture, is down-to-earth, neither supercilious nor pedantic. After experiencing changes and turbulence in the background of the great era, he felt the impact and infiltration of new culture and new ideas, kept family secrets, abandoned school and joined the army, and became a brave soldier in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. A few years later, I was found by a loyal old servant and brought back a plan to my mother.
The words and deeds of Zhao Ruwen's mother and son in troubled times all show the national character and integrity: combining rigidity with softness, being neither humble nor supercilious, and being indomitable.
There are many encounters in life, some cherish and some lose.
People in turbulent times have more ups and downs in their lives, richer experiences, better display their true colors, and more conflicting feelings about home and country.
Many love friendships are missed in these conflicts and choices. Although the loss is regrettable, somewhat helpless and sad, it is touching.
Young painter Mao Keyu and patriotic young Wu Siyue are cool, elegant and sincere. Love in troubled times, but not together. When national security is at stake, it is no longer important to be affectionate with children.
Proud and brave to meet the maverick teacher Fan, and appreciate each other because of mutual appreciation; Because like-minded, has a profound friendship. In the belief and pursuit of * * *, one resolutely gave his life, and the other put this knowledge into the bone marrow.
Qiu Huang, a famous dramatist, is as obsessed with opera as Ming Huan, the fourth master of the Feng family. Because of his love of drama, he failed to create a well-known story. In the turbulent situation and complicated identity, emotion and public opinion, it is always impossible to make a positive result. However, as a player, Yan Qiuhuang's integrity and integrity were vividly interpreted in the process that she was willing to be misunderstood by everyone, refused to accept the task, and finally successfully killed Tian Run and committed suicide.
Although this pair of intimate friends missed each other, this ending was undoubtedly the most helpless but perfect ending at that time.
Smart, smooth, cynical and full of exquisite business, Yongan also has its own principles and bottom line. I fell in love with the dancer Xiufen when I was brilliant. I just took part in accidental amusement but moved my true feelings, and Xiufen, a happy woman, also has a side that doesn't admire wealth and true feelings. However, Yong 'an, who was used to wealth, chose to commit suicide after business failure, which made this relationship miss.
Individuals can only drift with the tide in the great era and can't control their own destiny at all.
When bandits, Britain, Italy and Japan came in succession, the Meng family, the Lu family and the Feng family fluctuated in the entanglement of family affairs and state affairs.
Capital and politics are intertwined, warlord forces (Shi Yupu and Liu Zhennian) appear in turn, and the rivers and lakes are in prosperous times in troubled times. People from all walks of life overseas (Dr. Robinson, Dr. Natsume, Run Yitian, Ye Ye, Ye Ye) go their separate ways, and patriotic anti-Japanese people (unpredictable models) are scrambling to fight for the national destiny.
In the changes of the great era, personal small families are also tottering. Even within the same family, there have been factional differences: for example, Sheng Xun's eldest son-in-law hates Japan and actually wants benefits from the Japanese. Are there any eggs left under the cover of the nest? No matter how powerful an individual is, he can't even control his own destiny when the country and the nation are in turmoil.
As the book says, "Politicians, warlords, literati, businessmen and actors all gradually recognize themselves in the gap of time."
At present, in troubled times, not only wealth and honor cannot be attributed to people, but human life is as fragile as ants.
Hunger and pain in the process of escape, the brutal Japanese army's indiscriminate killing of innocent people, the impermanence of neutron bombs in war, and the cruelty of bandits robbing people and roads are shocking.
On the way to escape, Zhao Ru's family took refuge in a ruined temple. Shooting poisonous snakes attracted bandits. At the critical moment, Zhao De, the eldest sister who thought she was crazy for a long time, was calm and decisive, and saved her family with amazing agility and calmness. I'm dying with a group of robbers.
"The ups and downs of people are overnight. There are many branches and vines hidden in the texture of the years, and the cracks are general. "
As a famous artist, Ge Liang has extraordinary experience and knowledge.
This novel, called A Gift to a Dream of Red Mansions, has a grand background, a grand scene, many characters and different cultural customs. The author narrates it in concise and beautiful language. Nearly 2000 pages of e-books, but I don't want to read them quickly.
The performances of various characters in troubled times are vivid, and the progress of the plot is exciting and relaxed. There are also tea paintings, special snacks and opera classics that run through the plot of the book. It's really enjoyable.
Good books are always fascinating, and the book North Kite is undoubtedly a very good one.
Reproduce the changing situation of the Republic of China, the true colors of various characters, the national character highlighted by Chinese children in the turmoil, and the customs of China culture. Let a person involuntarily sigh:
"This is a great era, and one side can accommodate gorgeous and decadent fragmentation. At present, people should always be grateful for this tolerance and the silence after this tolerance. "