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Tales of the scavenger's daughters volume Prequel
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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English
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"A teenage girl living in 1960s China becomes Mao Zedong's protégée and lover--and a poster child for the Cultural Revolution--in this provocative, poignant novel from the bestselling author of A River of Stars On the eve of China's Cultural Revolution and her sixteenth birthday, Mei dreams of becoming a model revolutionary. When the Communist Party recruits girls for a mysterious duty in the capital, she seizes the opportunity to escape her impoverished...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Returning to his village invigorated by success in the army, Gao Aijun sees the beautiful Xia Hongmei walking barefoot alongside the railway track in the warm afternoon sun, and is instantly smitten. Hiding their relationship from their spouses, the pair hurl themselves into the struggle to bring revolution to their backwater village. They wait to consummate their relationship until Aijun has managed to dig a literal tunnel of love between their...
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Series
Mai tian wen xue volume 226
Publisher
Mai tian chu ban, Cheng bang wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2009
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
本书是一本中国当代长篇小说. 《坚硬如水》是文化大革命期间两个造反派的斗争史和罗曼史. 复员军人高爱军回到家乡-宋代理学大儒程颐, 程颢的故里程岗镇闹革命, 与当地妇女夏红梅一见钟情. 两人不顾已婚身份, 陷入疯狂的热恋, 同时他们的革命大业也红红火火展开. 高, 夏的夺权斗争无所不用其极, 但两人的真情也一样惊天动地. 他们的性爱关系花样百出,...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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The Bathing Women follows the lives of four women: Tiao, a childrens book editor; Fan, her sister, who thinks escaping to America might solve her problems; Fei,a hedonistic and self-destructive young woman; and Youyou, a chef from childhood during the Cultural Revolution to adulthood in the new market economy. This moving novel charts the journey of these women as they grapple with love, sibling rivalry, and, ultimately, redemption.
9) Cocoon
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World Editions
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Cheng Gong and Li Jiaqi go way back. Both hailing from dysfunctional families, they grew up together in a Chinese provincial capital in the 1980s. Now, many years later, the childhood friends reunite and discover how much they still have in common. Both have always been determined to follow the tracks of their grandparents' generation to the heart of a mystery that perhaps should have stayed buried. What exactly happened during that rainy night in...
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English
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"Whilst searching a windswept mountainside for the fabled ghost moth fungus, a young Tibetan boy unearths a mysterious relic. Moments later the People's Liberation Army of China marches into his isolated village in the valley below and begins to dismantle an ancient way of life. As the brutal oppression grows, the boy's precious find becomes first a symbol of hope for the villagers then a tool of survival for a people and a religion. It must be preserved...
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Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Amid China's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, a covert military project establishes contact with Trisolaris, an alien planet on the brink of destruction. This sets into motion the Trisolarans' long and menacing journey to invade Earth. Meanwhile, a secret society is formed by the world's elite, broken into factions with differing motivations for aiding in the Trisolaran invasion--from saving the lives of their descendants to accelerating the destruction...
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