Flowers

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"Blossoms" is Jin Yucheng's representative work, both a regional novel and a novel of its time. The characters' journeys reveal the atmosphere of the times, corresponding to a "tangible" map. It's also a novel of memory: the dreams of youth in the 1960s, a pervasive, vibrant memory of everyday life, and the decadent excesses of the 1990s, a series of banquets. The narrative shifts frequently between these two time periods, spawning a cycle of legends, extending the narrative of Shanghai's inconsistencies and complexities. Discreet irony and aggressive caricatures conceal Shanghai's fashions and trends; yesterday's omissions may yet reveal tomorrow's revelations.

出版日期/Publication Date：April 1, 2023
出版社/Publisher：人民文学出版社
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页数/Page: 230