Knowing nothing more than the
working-class life he is born into, headstrong Lu Xiaolu reluctantly
starts down the path he is expected to follow. At age nineteen in 1990s
China, he feels pressure to follow suit with those around him and takes a
job at the town’s saccharin factory. Slowly, he adjusts to the
bureaucratic factory routine, making the best of the situation by
bonding with coworkers, flirting with girls, and refusing to give in
completely to the expectations of those around him.As Lu Xiaolu finds his way, a startling portrait of an economically expanding China comes into view; the propaganda of a common goal gives way to a bottom-line system that he sees as indifferent to individual happiness. But thanks to the relationships he develops, Lu Xiaolu decides to fight for the life he wants.
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