The Same Year
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- General readers who enjoy urban relationship fiction and are interested in differences in intimate relationships
- Young readers who want to compare their own patterns of love through fiction
- Readers who prefer ensemble narratives and are willing to slowly enter characters' inner worlds
- Book club members who want to discuss the four views on love
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting strong plot, fast pacing, or suspenseful twists
- Readers who find multiple parallel character threads taxing and prefer a single protagonist
- Practical-minded readers hoping for relationship advice or psychological conclusions
Reading tips
- Read in chapter order first, noting how each of the four brothers reacts the first time he faces a choice in love
- Pause midway to compare the four views on love and note the one you disagree with most
- After finishing, recall which character's choices most resemble your own, then revisit the relevant passages
- For book clubs, set a discussion question around "Does drawing no boundaries equal deep love?"
About the publisher
Post Wave Publishing focuses on the humanities and social sciences, foreign literature, history, and popular science. Its "Han Qing Tang" series features works on modern Chinese and world history by scholars such as Chow Tse-tsung, Jian Youwen, Robert Bickers, and Richard J. Smith. In literature, it offers foreign classics including the collected works of Herta Müller, the novels of Alice Walker, and the Romanian Trilogy. Its popular science and applied psychology titles also emphasize readability, such as the "World Popular Science Series" and "Don't Let Prejudice and Labels Define Who You Are." With 90 titles currently in the collection and limited public information available, the publisher shows a character that balances scholarly depth with accessible reading.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 第一章 同年
- 第二章 新室友
- 第三章 学生家长
- 第四章 误会
- 第五章 阜华的办公室
- 第六章 凡特西
- 第七章 饭局
- 第八章 乔太守点鸳鸯
- 第九章 鼓起勇气还需要边鼓
- 第十章 是强摘的果子还是瓜熟蒂落？
- 第十一章 时间与承诺
- 第十二章 认识胡阜华
- 第十三章 听话
- 第十四章 成果发表会
- 第十五章 酒入愁肠
- 第十六章 清醒
- 第十七章 贵人
- 第十八章 猜想
- 第十九章 挖坑
- 第二十章 登山
- 第二十一章 是约会吗？
- 第二十二章 真实的虚幻还是虚幻的真实
- 第二十三章 好好先生生气了
- 第二十四章 好人难当坏人好当
- 第二十五章 理智与情感
- 第二十六章 对人的评价
- 第二十七章 表演会
- 第二十八章 女追男，隔层纱？
- 第二十九章 聚餐
- 第三十章 真相与告白
- 第三十一章 女人心海底针
- 第三十二章 天公不作美的挑战行
- 第三十三章 风寒奇遇
- 第三十四章 凡特西的小气餐叙
- 第三十五章 思想、感觉与欲望
- 第三十六章 答案
- 第三十七章 难堪的见面
- 第三十八章 水落石出
- 第三十九章 为人着想还是自私自利？
- 第四十章 好事与坏事
- 第四十一章 迷醉与清醒
- 第四十二章 好心与坏心
- 第四十三章 分与合
- 第四十四章 面对与逃避
- 第四十五章 隐瞒与坦诚
- 第四十六章 忽视与重视
- 第四十七章 各怀心事
- 第四十八章 奇梦与奇遇
- 第四十九章 失与得
- 第五十章 内心与表象
- 第五十一章 叶朱华的家
- 第五十二章 酸甜与苦涩
- 第五十三章 痴心与吃惊
- 第五十四章 谈心与谈情
- 第五十五章 第一次
- 第五十六章 真心与假意
- 第五十七章 吃惊
- 第五十八章 眼见为凭？
- 第五十九章 个性
- 第六十章 如果没有
- 第六十一章 罪魁祸首
- 第六十二章 面见父母
- 第六十三章 选择
- 第六十四章 该诚实吗？
- 第六十五章 程瑞的十年依恋
- 第六十六章 历史即将重演吗？
- 第六十七章 爱人或被爱
- 第六十八章 便当
- 第六十九章 哪壶不开提哪壶
- 第七十章 峰回路转
- 第七十一章 人生就是不断地争取
- 第七十二章 道别
- 第七十三章 迈向平凡的幸福
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About the author
Xia Yunguang is an author about whom limited public information is available. Only two works are currently known, namely Tongnian (The Same Year) and Qianshi Qianshi (Past Lives, Past Matters). Judging from these two works, the writing mainly falls between modern romance and time-travel alternate-world fiction, combining emotional narratives close to contemporary life with imaginative stories built around shifts in time and space. Owing to the limited materials, the author's nationality, dates of birth and death, educational background and writing career cannot be confirmed, and no English name is on record. Understanding of this author therefore has to rely on the works themselves as clues: readers may note how emotional relationships and alternate-world settings are balanced and chosen between. Overall, Xia Yunguang is a Chinese-language author with a small number of works whose personal history has yet to be systematically documented, and whose creative profile awaits further materials and works.
