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簡介：小說《二月花》講述了20世紀90年代初在廣州一所大學就讀的兩個女學生晨明和苗雁的故事。二人性格截然不同，一個文靜單純，一個自由野性，分別代表了中國老師眼里好學生與壞學生的兩個典型，但相遇之后，各自從彼此的身上找到了心底里最渴望的東西，互相影響，繼而成為了好友。
Seventeen-year-old Ming and twenty-four-year-old Yan have very little in common other than studying in the same college. Ming, innocent and preoccupied, lives in her own world of books, music and imagination. Yan is, by contrast, sexy but cynical, beautiful but wild. She uses her looks to get what she wants from the many men in her life.
When the two girls meet, and become best friends, Ming's world is changed forever. She is attracted to Yan's free-spirit, while Yan yearns for the kind of stability Ming's seriousness can bring. But the differences in upbringing and ideologies ultimately drive a wedge between them, leaving each to face her own dark secret alone.
Narrated by an adult Ming, February Flowers is a finely wrought coming-of-age novel, and the story of a bond between two very different girls in modern China. It is a meditation on love, loss and redemption, and how a background shapes a life.
About Author
Fan Wu grew up on a farm in southern China, where her parents were exiled during the Cultural Revolution. She moved to the United States in 1997 to attend Stanford University, and started writing in 2002. She lives and works in northern California. February Flowers is her first novel.
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