Overview
这是一部中国大学流亡史,
也是一代知识分子的血泪见证。
《何去何从》是一部描写中国知识分子命运的长篇小说。以国立中夏大学为背景,故事横跨抗日战争至"文化大革命"中期,呈现出一代又一代知识分子在战乱与政治运动中的挣扎与沉浮。
小说主人公俞正堂是第一代大学教授的代表人物,他将中夏大学视为精神家园,多次在学校危难时挺身而出,勤勉尽责,任劳任怨,不计得失。然而,在接连不断的思想改造、批斗和整肃中,他愈发茫然无助,直至目睹大学被军队接管、同僚从肉体到精神被摧残,精神家园轰然坍塌。
小说没有宏大的历史叙述,而是通过俞正堂的亲属、同事、学生等群像,展现三代知识分子在时代洪流中的不同选择:坚守、妥协,还是被动沉沦。他们的经历与心境,共同勾勒出那个年代知识分子的集体命运。
本书根据作者亲身经历及所见所闻撰写,语言风格忠实于20世纪中叶的知识分子笔调。全书为作者生前未发表手稿,由其子整理出版,带着一份亲历者的沉痛见证。
壹嘉出版荣誉出品
A sweeping and profoundly human novel of Chinese intellectuals caught in the storm of twentieth-century history.
Set against the backdrop of mid-twentieth-century China, Whither to Go follows scholars, teachers, and students at the fictional Zhongxia University as they navigate war, displacement, and the churn of political upheaval. Spanning from the Sino-Japanese War to the Cultural Revolution, the novel captures the moral and emotional struggles of three generations of intellectuals-those who stand firm, those who compromise, and those swept away by the tide. At its center is Yu Zhengtang, whose idealism and quiet integrity are tested again and again by forces beyond his control.
Based on the real-life experiences of its author, She Qi (1922-2009), and completed over the course of a decade in her later years, this posthumously published work offers a rare, nuanced portrait of a chapter of Chinese history too often overlooked-especially the fate of inland universities and their faculty during the nation's most volatile decades. Written in clear, unsentimental prose, the novel neither idealizes nor condemns; instead, it invites readers to witness the impossible choices faced by those who strove to preserve knowledge, culture, and human dignity in the face of relentless adversity.
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- ISBN-13: 9781966814108
- ISBN-10: 1966814100
- Publisher: 1 Plus Books
- Publish Date: May 2025
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.32 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.73 pounds
- Page Count: 594
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