河岸 (Hé'àn) - The Riverside

Plot

《河岸(苏童最新力著)》是一部描写现实与历史、青春与成长的小说，小说主要讲述了一个烈士的后代“库文轩”在文革时代，因其烈属的头衔遭到诸多质疑，便在被指有作风问题后剪了自己的阴茎。为了让离开河岸的父亲能与奶奶的纪念碑永远在一起，库文轩儿子库东亮把象征历史光荣的纪念碑背到了船上，在岸上人的讨伐声中，库文轩投河自尽。
故事展现了库文轩、库东亮父子的荒诞命运，展现了生命的卑微与顽强。青春成长的烦恼与历史的荒诞不经。
小说展现了主人公库东亮的残酷青春与灰色记忆，这个来自香椿树的少年漂泊者在河流之上，空旷、孤寂，历史和现实如时间与空间一样迷茫，烈士邓少香和和当红慧仙的沉浮荣辱，仿佛穿透了历史烟云而陷入现实迷障。质朴的船民和势利的市民对立而又相似，傻子扁金屁股的鱼纹和库文轩的胎记，该消失的和不改消失的一样无奈。

This is a description of reality and history, and growth of youth novel, focuses on the offspring of a martyr "Library Wenxuan" In the Cultural Revolution, the title was martyred because of their many questions, they have style issues after allegedly cut his penis. In order for the father to leave the banks of the monument can be together forever and grandmother, son of library library Wenxuan Dongliang the symbol of the glorious history of the monument back to the boat, on the shore of the crusade against human voice, the library Wenxuan plunge himself.
The story shows the library Mansion, library Dongliang fate of his son's absurd show humble and tenacious of life. Youthful growing pains and historical absurdity.
The hero of the novel shows the cruelty of youth library Dongliang and gray memory, the juvenile vagrants from toon tree on the river, empty, lonely, confused, such as history and reality of time and space, and popular martyr Tang Siu Hong and Hui Xian's ups and downs honor, as if to penetrate the clouds and into the reality of the historical maze. Rustic boat and snobbish but public opposition similar to fool Bianjin ass birthmark Wenxuan Yu Wen and libraries, which disappeared as helpless and do not change disappear.