Yan'an University student Zhang Linjian's novel "Half Awake" was published

Recently, Zhang Linjian, a senior student at the College of Letters of Yan'an University, published a novel "Half Awake" published by Beijing Yanshan Publishing House, and the novel took 5 years to write, with a total of about 360,000 words.

"Half Awake" is a long novel based on modern society, which tells the story of the young Lei Jia who went to the city to struggle under the inspiration of ideals from a unique perspective. In the novel, the author constructs a real society in which ideals and reality coexist, telling the story of the protagonist's attempt to prove the value of the existence of ideals through his own efforts, but he struggles painfully in the drastic changes in social life, loses himself in the gap between ideals and reality, and then constantly thinks, re-chooses, and advances and grows in new choices.

The book boldly exposes the truth and essence of human nature, nakedly reflects the existence of deceit in the real society, and there is no lack of warm friendship, family affection, and a powerful promotion of the dialectical meaning of human nature.

Source: Yan'an Daily