Word: bildungsroman
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...Indeed, this is basically a buddy-buddy, up-to-the-movie-moment story with dashes of the traditional coming-of-age bildungsroman tossed in. More Tom Sawyer than Huckleberry Finn, with the accent on a soft center rather than on gritty harder edges, the formerly "re-educated" Dai Sijie's first novel?a best seller in France?is still a diverting bagatelle abounding in gentle humor, warm bonhomie and appealing charm. No small triumph for a tale set in that unhappy era not too long ago when "every nook and cranny of the land came under the all-seeing...
...undergraduate novel of self-discovery and education, or Bildungsroman. I suppose it is possible to retain this tradition by writing the autobiography of a life parked before a computer screen. But how much flavor would be missing without the scene of the hero walking across campus alone on a winter night, his head uncovered, his jacket collar drawn tight about his neck, alone, hearing a violin play You'll Never Walk Alone in a practice room somewhere, alone, in the snow that turns to rain...