This book depicts the lives of Shanghainese during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai from 1927 to 1937, narrating the lives, loves, studies, and work of six main characters: an apprentice, a singer, a foreign company executive, a night school teacher, a boss, and a rickshaw puller. The novel portrays the hardships of an apprentice's life, the pain of a university student forced to drop out, the struggles of finding work, the struggles in the workplace, the setbacks in love, and the happiness of free love, marriage, and children. The book concludes with the grief and indignation of Shanghainese people at the fall of the country. The novel is structured like a period drama, with each year forming a chapter, depicting the characters' lives within each chapter. The characters' fates are dramatic and their emotional transformations are realistically portrayed, with vivid and lifelike details.
本书描写了1927年到1937年上海沦陷时期的上海人生活, 叙述了6个主要人物的生活、爱情、学习和工作等, 他们分别是学徒、歌手、外企高管、夜校老师、老板和黄包车夫。小说既有学徒的艰难生活, 又有大学生被迫退学的痛苦; 既有寻找工作的艰难, 又有职场中的打拼经历; 既有恋爱遭遇的挫折, 又有自由恋爱和结婚生子的幸福。全书最后以上海沦陷引起上海人的悲愤结束。小说是年代剧的架构, 每一年为一个章节, 在每个章节里描写了人物的生活。小说人物命运跌荡起伏, 人物的感情裂变描写真实, 刻画人物的细节鲜活, 栩栩如生
本书描写了1927年到1937年上海沦陷时期的上海人生活, 叙述了6个主要人物的生活、爱情、学习和工作等, 他们分别是学徒、歌手、外企高管、夜校老师、老板和黄包车夫。小说既有学徒的艰难生活, 又有大学生被迫退学的痛苦; 既有寻找工作的艰难, 又有职场中的打拼经历; 既有恋爱遭遇的挫折, 又有自由恋爱和结婚生子的幸福。全书最后以上海沦陷引起上海人的悲愤结束。小说是年代剧的架构, 每一年为一个章节, 在每个章节里描写了人物的生活。小说人物命运跌荡起伏, 人物的感情裂变描写真实, 刻画人物的细节鲜活, 栩栩如生
