In the 1990s, as China continues to embrace—and grapple with—the global market economy, Qiu Shui and his friends attend med school, an ambition that has more to do with getting out of the country than with actually becoming doctors. Following the exploits of a young student and his classmates, from drinking binges, sex, and playing video games all night to military training, homework, and college-age high jinks, Beijing, Beijing provides an inventive, hilarious, and incisive look into how a culture—and one man—struggle to reconcile their past with the changes brought by modern times. As the years pass and friends, family, and lovers move on, Qiu Shui confronts the loneliness and confusion that define his generation.
Aliases
- Shall I compare you To a Spring day
- Spring Breeze Ten Miles
- Spring Breeze Ten Miles, As You
二十世纪九十年代,文学青年秋水遵从父母的意愿考入医学院,遇到性格截然不同却一样爱他的小红和赵英男。面对两个女孩的追求,秋水虽然选择了自己认为应该喜欢的赵英男,但心里一直住着小红;在秋水与赵英男交往的七年里,小红也还是一直守在秋水身边。即将毕业之时,痴迷文学的秋水被赵英男批评不务正业,两人渐行渐远;但小红理解秋水,欣赏他的文学才华,是秋水的心灵伴侣。