This book begins with Zhang Jihai, a 55-year-old high school math teacher, being suspended from his job due to a dispute with students. It then reunites his first group of students from 35 years ago, revealing the friendship and growth of "I," Li Mingzhi, and Chen Lu over more than 30 years, from their school days to their entry into society. While helping Zhang, they also re-examine their own lives, choices, and connections to the progress of the times. Spanning from the Reform and Opening Up period, the early 2000s, to the present, the novel is moving not only for its relatable contemporary life but also for its portrait of a generation of youth shaped by the tides of the times. As a member of the only-child generation, Zhou Jianing, with a cautious yet gentle tone, returns to the eve of growing up as an independent individual, the starting point of that long night of youth, exploring how people are influenced by education and how they can make genuine changes. She also keenly recognizes...
本书以五十五岁的中学数学老师张继海因为与学生的纠纷被学校停职调查为由，将三十五年前他所带的第一批学生集结起来，牵涉出“我”、李明枝、陈陆三人从同窗到跨入社会三十余年的友谊与成长，在帮助他的同时，也重新审视各自的生活，选择，与时代进程的关联。小说的时间跨度从改革开放、千禧年初及至当下，动人的不仅是亲切的当代生活，更是被时代潮水塑造的一代青年肖像。作为独生子女一代，周嘉宁以审慎而又温柔的笔调，回到作为独立个体成长的前夜，那个青春长夜的起点，探讨人如何在教育的过程中被影响，又如何做出真正的改变。她也敏锐地意识到
本书以五十五岁的中学数学老师张继海因为与学生的纠纷被学校停职调查为由，将三十五年前他所带的第一批学生集结起来，牵涉出“我”、李明枝、陈陆三人从同窗到跨入社会三十余年的友谊与成长，在帮助他的同时，也重新审视各自的生活，选择，与时代进程的关联。小说的时间跨度从改革开放、千禧年初及至当下，动人的不仅是亲切的当代生活，更是被时代潮水塑造的一代青年肖像。作为独生子女一代，周嘉宁以审慎而又温柔的笔调，回到作为独立个体成长的前夜，那个青春长夜的起点，探讨人如何在教育的过程中被影响，又如何做出真正的改变。她也敏锐地意识到
