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Farewell Song II

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Word count
250K words
Chapters
3
Series
Farewell Song
ISBN
9787807596431

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Summary

Farewell Song II is the second installment in Rao Xueman's "painful youth" novel series Farewell Song, continuing the story of Ma Zhuo, a girl from Sichuan adrift in the world. After her mother Lin Guoguo dies under strange circumstances, Ma Zhuo lives with her adoptive father A Nan in a small town in Jiangnan. A top student who rarely speaks, she hits adolescence and runs into a vocational-school boy nicknamed "Poison," straying step by step from the safe world A Nan built for her. This volume opens with Ma Zhuo resolved to cut off her entanglement with Poison and pull herself back onto her original path. But her friend Yan Shushu is caught up in a "sex photo" scandal and, with nowhere else to turn, has to ask Poison for help, drawing the two closer again. Meanwhile, Poison's girlfriend, the school beauty Yu Anduo, grows more and more mysterious; she plays at self-harm in front of Ma Zhuo and warns her that anyone who wants into Poison's life must pay a bitter price. Deeper ripples come from the family side: Xia Hua, Poison's sister who looks strikingly like Lin Guoguo, appears before A Nan, and old memories and new emotional entanglements surge up together as the farewell song of Ma Zhuo's life rings out once more. The book unfolds in two parts, "Youth (Part One)" and "Youth (Part Two)," continuing Rao Xueman's delicate, aching style as it portrays a young girl's hesitation, struggle, and gradual growth among family, love, and self. This is the second book in the series; readers are advised to read Farewell Song I first.

Editor's review

《离歌》系列是饶雪漫继《左耳》《沙漏》之后的又一部长篇代表作,2008年第一部出版后长期占据青春文学畅销榜,并被改编为影视作品。第二部延续“疼痛青春”的写法:一边是少女马卓与“毒药”之间纠缠不清的情感,一边是养父阿南与酷似亡妻林果果的夏花之间重新掀起的波澜,两条线交织,把一个女孩的成长写成了“离别”的复调。 这一部的看点在于冲突的密度:好友颜舒舒的“艳照”风波、于安朵危险的自残警告、夏花的突然出现,几乎每个转折都逼着马卓做选择。饶雪漫擅长写少女心里那些说不出口的别扭与倔强,语言直接、情绪饱满,很多读者多年后仍能背出书里的句子。 本版由万卷出版公司于2009年出版,32开平装,约275页、25万字,收录“青春(上)”“青春(下)”两部分及后记。对于想了解2000年代华语青春文学面貌的读者,这是一份很有年代感、也很有代表性的文本。需要说明的是,书中对自残、情感纠缠等情节的描写偏重渲染情绪,阅读时不妨保持一点距离感。

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • 中学到大学阶段、喜欢青春成长题材的读者
  • 读过《离歌Ⅰ》《左耳》《沙漏》,想追完饶雪漫代表作的读者
  • 对2000年代华语青春文学与“疼痛青春”现象感兴趣的读者
  • 喜欢强情绪、强冲突的校园情感故事的读者

Not a good fit for

  • 偏好克制、冷静的现实主义叙事的成年读者
  • 对自残、情感纠缠等情节较敏感、容易受情绪影响的读者
  • 希望本书可以独立阅读、不愿补读第一部前情的读者

Reading tips

  1. 先读《离歌Ⅰ》,弄清马卓、阿南、林果果与毒药的关系,再进入本册会顺畅很多。
  2. 把书当作“年代文本”来读,留意其中的少女心理描写与当年的青春文学话语,会更有收获。
  3. 读到自残、威胁等情节时保持理性距离,把它看作人物困境的写法,而不是可效仿的解决方式。
  4. 读后可对比《左耳》《沙漏》,观察饶雪漫在“疼痛青春”写法上的延续与变化。

About the publisher

Volumes Publishing Company China · Founded in 2003

Volumes Publishing Company is a comprehensive publisher known for its titles on Chinese classics and literature and the arts. Its publishing covers classical literature, essays and miscellaneous writings, folk literature, foreign literature, and exam preparation books. Judging from the 269 titles in the database, the company emphasizes making classic works accessible to a broad readership. Representative books include Letters from Fu Lei to His Son, The Four Great Classical Novels, Teahouse, The Classic of Mountains and Seas, Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk, and Camel Xiangzi, with authors including Fu Lei, Cao Xueqin, Luo Guanzhong, Shi Nai'an, Wu Cheng'an, Lao She, Liu Xiang, and Liu Xin. The company has also developed series brands such as the Volumes Studio Chinese Classics and the Science Fiction Library, giving it a distinctive profile in organizing Chinese classics and promoting literary reading. Public information on its other publishing activities is limited.

Contents

  1. Part 1 Youth (Part One)
  2. Part 2 Youth (Part Two)
  3. Afterword: I Did It on Purpose

FAQ

《离歌Ⅱ》可以单独读吗?
可以读,但不建议。本册开篇就接着第一部的线索展开,马卓、阿南、毒药、林果果的关系都是前情,直接读容易一头雾水。建议先读《离歌Ⅰ》,再读本册。
《离歌Ⅱ》有几个中文版本?
据可查资料,本册最早于2008年底至2009年初由万卷出版公司出版(ISBN 9787807596431),此后长江文艺出版社、译林出版社、山东文艺出版社等都出过版本。本条数据采用流传较广的万卷出版公司2009年版。
这本书大概多少字、多少页?
万卷出版公司2009年版为32开平装,约275页,版权页标注约250千字。
《离歌》系列一共有几部?
常见说法是《离歌Ⅰ》《离歌Ⅱ》《离歌Ⅲ》三部正文,另有番外与相关衍生篇目。本册是第二部,讲述的是马卓与毒药纠缠、夏花出现这一段。
书中的“毒药”是谁?
“毒药”本名夏泽,是马卓在天中读书期间遇到的技校男生,性格桀骜,被描写为与某些灰色圈子有牵扯,是第一部到第二部推动马卓命运变化的关键人物。

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About the author

Rao Xueman Author · China · 1972

Rao Xueman, born in 1972 in Zigong, Sichuan, is a Chinese writer, screenwriter and lyricist. She graduated from Sichuan University of Science and Engineering and once served as editor-in-chief of the magazine Man Nüsheng. She has long devoted herself to youth literature, focusing on young people's confusion and choices in growth, relationships and family life. Her writing is delicate and close to reality, and she is good at capturing the sensitive and stubborn feelings of adolescents. Her representative works include Left Ear, Hourglass, Li Ge and Secret Fruit, many of which have been adapted into films and television series. She has had a broad influence in the field of youth literature and is known as the "leading figure of youth literature." The library holds 35 of her works, including Yi Ai, Left Wing and Betta, commonly categorized as youth literature, social fiction and modern romance.

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