Hourglass II

Name: Hourglass II
ISBN: 9787547008621

Rao XuemanVolumes Publishing Company2010

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Chapters: 2
Series: Rao Xueman's Youth Pain Series
ISBN: 9787547008621

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Summary

Hourglass II is the second of the Hourglass trilogy in Rao Xueman's "youth pain series," continuing the story of Mo Xingxing from the first volume. After the accident at Tianzhong, the recovering Mi Li idles at home and by chance meets the kind, sturdy plump girl Meng Xiaoyan; amid constant comedy and mishaps, he finds himself developing feelings for her without realizing it. Mi Sha, who has left Xingxing, stumbles upon clues left by her mother and, regardless of everything, runs away from home to find her, hoping to piece the broken family back together. After many twists, Mi Sha, Xingxing, and Lu Li (Lu Li) meet again, the delicate relationship among the three becomes even harder to explain, and Xingxing, having just suffered a major family upheaval, is once more pushed to the edge of despair. The book alternates first-person narration among multiple characters: Mi Li's chapters convey a boy's stubborn, forced strength and loneliness, while Mo Xingxing's chapters convey the silence of a girl trapped by illness and wounds. Affection, concealment, misunderstanding, and self-redemption intertwine to form a typical youth pain novel: it offers no easy happy ending but lays out, inch by inch, the pains of growing up that cannot be spoken.

Editor's review

作为《沙漏》三部曲的第二部，《沙漏Ⅱ》把叙事重心交到叛逆少年米砾手上。与第一部围绕莫醒醒和米砂铺展开的少女视角不同，这本书多了几分莽撞、搞笑的少年口吻：他嘴硬、爱逞强，偏偏在憨厚的胖女孩蒙小妍面前一点点乱了阵脚，笑闹背后藏着不被理解的孤独。饶雪漫擅长写这种带刺的温柔，她笔下的少年少女都不完美，会被误解，会做错事，会在深夜里放不下心事，却仍笨拙地向彼此靠近。书中关于友谊、家庭裂缝与自我认同的描写，让「疼痛」不只是煽情，而是成长必经的某种真实。十余年来，《沙漏》系列一版再版，已成为许多读者青春书架上舍不得扔下的一本；这一册延续前作，也补足了三部曲中不可缺少的转折。

Who it's for

A good fit for

读过《沙漏》第一部、想继续跟进米砂和莫醒醒命运的老读者
喜欢校园青春文学、偏爱细腻心理描写的青少年读者
对「青春疼痛」这一类型感兴趣、想认识饶雪漫代表作的读者
关注少女成长与家庭困境题材、愿意读一点「不甜」故事的读者

Not a good fit for

期待明亮轻松、圆满结局校园甜文的读者
对早恋、叛逆、自伤等题材敏感的年纪偏小的读者
偏爱严谨纯文学、现实主义厚重叙事的成年读者

Reading tips

先读《沙漏Ⅰ》，弄清米砂、莫醒醒、路理之间的关系，再读本书会更顺畅。
注意章节前标注的叙述者，米砾与莫醒醒的第一人称口吻差异很大。
把这本书当作成长故事读，而不是当作恋爱小说读，能体会到更多细节。
读完后可继续读《沙漏Ⅲ》，三部曲连起来看，人物的结局才完整。

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.

PART THREE Mi Li
PART FOUR Mo Xingxing

FAQ

这本书是《沙漏》三部曲中的第几部？

《沙漏Ⅱ》是三部曲的第二部，延续第一部「天中意外事故」之后的故事，主要写米砾、米砂与莫醒醒各自的困境与重逢。

没读过第一部，可以直接读这一本吗？

可以读，但人物关系和前情背景较多，建议先读《沙漏Ⅰ》。比如莫醒醒的病症、米砂与路理的关系，都在第一部里交代得更清楚。

这本书一共有哪些版本？

版本较多：2007年当代世界出版社首版，2010年、2013年万卷出版公司出版（属「饶雪漫青春疼痛系列」），2011年译林出版社增补版，2017年长江文艺出版社、2019年山东文艺出版社也出过修订版。

阅读顺序按「系列第七」算还是按《沙漏》排序算？

「饶雪漫青春疼痛系列之七」是出版社编的系列丛书编号，未必等于阅读顺序。读《沙漏》请按第一、第二、第三部的顺序来。

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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.