Ice Dancer

Name: Ice Dancer
ISBN: 9787559649119

水柔心Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · ChinaNov 2021

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Word count: 138K words
Chapters: 35
ISBN: 9787559649119

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Summary

Lin Bingdie has loved ice dancing since childhood, yet has always faced puzzling opposition from her father, a retired ice dancer himself. During college, she takes a work-study job at the "Ice Miracle" club while secretly practicing ice dance. Under the guidance of the club's ice-dance heartthrob Yu Qianqiu, her skills mature day by day. Yu Qianqiu teams up with Han Xueyin from the provincial team as the "Qiu-Yin" pair, sweeping commercial competitions. To mine greater commercial value, club owner Yuan Hong has "Qiu-Yin" appear on the top variety show "Ice Throne." Yu Qianqiu has no interest; he wants only to catch the national team's attention and reach the Olympic stage to compete against the world's best. But Han Xueyin sees it as a golden chance for fame and fortune and urges him to join. On the show, Yu Qianqiu befriends fellow guest Hoshino Ran, a national-treasure ice dancer from Japan. He takes Hoshino Ran to watch Lin Bingdie practice, and Hoshino Ran is greatly impressed by her potential and her passion for ice dance. Hoshino Ran's guidance also opens a new realm for Lin Bingdie.

Yu Qianqiu and Han Xueyin drift apart over differing values, life philosophies, and understandings of ice dance, while he and Lin Bingdie grow closer. When Han Xueyin angrily withdraws from a competition, Lin Bingdie steps forward... After a series of conflicts, a deeply hurt Lin Bingdie disappears. After the Nagano Grand Prix in Japan, Yu Qianqiu breaks up with Han Xueyin and announces his retirement from ice dance. He is determined to find Lin Bingdie. What he does not know is that national team coach Zhang Wei has been watching him all along.

Editor's review

*Ice Dancer* is a literary work that deftly blends the competition of figure skating with the theme of youthful growth. Drawing on a solid grounding in sports knowledge, the author Shui Rouxin renders the technique, beauty, and cruelty of competition on ice with great authenticity; her professional descriptions can even make readers feel the blade cutting across the ice and the dizziness of a mid-air spin. This is not merely a passionate sports narrative but a deeper exploration of how, in the pursuit of perfection, an individual struggles against injury, loneliness, family expectation, and self-identity. From a gifted girl to a physically and mentally exhausted professional skater, the protagonist Lin Wei's journey is delicately traced, so that the title "ice dancer" transcends profession and becomes a symbol of spiritual predicament and transcendence. The prose is cool and poetic, in keeping with the theme of ice; beyond the intense competition scenes, the static passages about silence, sweat, and choice are equally charged with tension. It is more like a mirror reflecting the common questions faced by all who pursue excellence in their fields: when passion becomes profession and talent carries expectation, how do we define success and self-worth? The book's value lies precisely in offering a complex answer about persistence, sacrifice, and rebirth.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers interested in competitive sports such as figure skating
Literary fiction fans who enjoy nuanced psychological portrayal and character growth
Young people looking for stories about dreams, perseverance, and self-breakthrough
Readers who want to understand the real inner world of competitive athletes

Not a good fit for

Readers seeking light, easy entertainment with a fast-paced plot
Readers indifferent to sports details who prioritize intense dramatic conflict

Reading tips

Read in a relatively quiet setting to better appreciate the many interior monologues and atmospheric writing.
Pay attention to the descriptions of figure-skating techniques (such as the Axel and Lutz); this greatly enhances immersion.
Reflect on the complex relationship between talent and effort, and between passion and profession—one of the book's core themes.

About the publisher

Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. China · Founded in 1993

Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. is a publisher known for its literature and history titles, with 2,065 books in the collection. Its publishing covers foreign literature, contemporary Chinese prose and essays, history, folk literature, and cultural books. Its list ranges from Sima Qian's complete edition of the Records of the Grand Historian to foreign classics such as The Book of Disquiet, All Quiet on the Western Front, Snow Country, The Stranger, and Jean-Christophe, as well as modern Chinese works including Teahouse and Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk. Its authors and translators include Yasunari Kawabata, Fernando Pessoa, Erich Maria Remarque, Jin Xinyi, Zhou Miao, and Chen Chao. Public information is limited, but its catalogue reflects a balance between Chinese and foreign literary classics and historical and cultural works.

版权信息
引子
Chapter 1 大学新鲜人
Chapter 2 兼职落定
Chapter 3 冰场邂逅
Chapter 4 原来他是“冰舞之神”
Chapter 5 冰舞搭档
Chapter 6 郁氏家族
Chapter 7 冰场谈心
Chapter 8 意外签约
Chapter 9 弗拉门戈冰舞
Chapter 10 冰上大型舞剧
Chapter 11 恋爱烦恼
Chapter 12 渐行渐远
Chapter 13 前辈大神
Chapter 14 运作能力
Chapter 15 情路坎坷
Chapter 16 冰面以痛来吻，报之以舞
Chapter 17 病房乌龙
Chapter 18 背道而驰
Chapter 19 倾诉与约定
Chapter 20 冰场风波
Chapter 21 前尘往事
Chapter 22 不辞而别
Chapter 23 秘密背叛
Chapter 24 水袖冰舞
Chapter 25 千叶冰羽
Chapter 26 蓦然回首，又见她
Chapter 27 风云诡谲
Chapter 28 宴请准岳父
Chapter 29 体彩杯大赛
Chapter 30 造化弄人
Chapter 31 国家一队
Chapter 32 过年团圆
Chapter 33 冰舞飞天、星耀赛场

FAQ

Is this purely a sports-competition novel?

Not entirely. Figure skating is the main thread, but the core is protagonist Lin Wei's psychological growth, inner struggle, and search for self under extreme pursuit; sport is the stage and backdrop for these themes.

Does the author Shui Rouxin have a relevant professional background?

According to public information, the author has studied figure skating in depth, and her technical descriptions are professional and accurate, though details of her personal career are limited; the work itself demonstrates her knowledge in this field.

Is the tone inspirational or more somber and realistic?

Both, but it leans toward realistic seriousness. It shows the glory of chasing dreams but focuses more on the sweat, injuries, pressure, and sacrifice behind them; the ending is not simple victory but growth and reconciliation full of reflection.

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About the author

水柔心 Author

Public information about Shui Rouxin is limited. Little has been confirmed about this author: nationality, dates of birth and death, and an English name are all unrecorded. The library holds one work by this author, the social novel Ice Dancer. Judging from this representative work, Shui Rouxin draws on social reality, using fiction to present characters' circumstances and choices within specific environments; the imagery of "ice" and "dance" in the title also suggests a narrative mood that interweaves coldness and warmth. Because verifiable material about the author's life and creative background is lacking, this note makes no speculative additions and offers only a brief account of the existing work's subject category and general style. Readers who wish to learn more about Shui Rouxin's writing may begin with Ice Dancer and experience the author's observation and expression of social life through the text. Should more material become available, the author's profile may become clearer.