城南少年/Household Registration Booklet [Chinese]

By 史杰鹏

The Boy from South of the City recounts, from a first-person perspective, the narrator's life before college, from the early 1970s to the early 1990s. The story begins with his parents' arranged marriage, then follows his childhood shuttling between his grandparents' homes in the city and the countryside--along with the many complications arising from rural versus urban household registration. It captures family bonds laced with both harsh words and warmth, and a rural life that is chaotic yet oddly orderly. The novel ends abruptly as the narrator enters university, poised to obtain an urban hukou. This is a tale of a bygone era and a lost hometown that one generation can never return to--a poignant reminder of how those abundant times and the loved ones slowly fading from life once nourished their very existence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Chinese
• ISBN: 7516931187
• ISBN13: 9787516931189
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Hualing Publishing House