The book is a socialist realist novel. Pavel Korchagin is the central character. He grows into a loyal Bolshevik soldier from a naive boy. Later he insists on writing novels when he is blind. He is honored as a steely strong-willed person.

这本书是社会主义现实主义小说。讲述了保尔?柯察金从一个不懂事的少年成长为一个忠于革命的布尔什维克战士，再到双目失明却坚强不屈创作小说，成为一个拥有钢铁般坚强意志的人的故事。