DescriptionFeng Jicai, born in 1942 in Tianjin, is one of China's best-known writers. Trained as an artist and professional athlete, his life was shattered by the Cultural Revolution. As a result of those tumultuous years, he decided to embark upon a career as a professional writer. Since 1976, Feng has published two novels, three novellas, and two volumes of short stories. "The Carved Pipe", taken from a book entitled The Miraculous Pigtail, won an award in a 1977 national short story competition in China.
DescriptionAt the height of China's Cultural Revolution, a powerful general fathered two sons. Tan was born to the general's wife and into a life of comfort and luxury. His half brother, Shento, was born to the general's mistress, who threw herself off a cliff in th…
DescriptionBorn in Shanghai in 1957, Anchee Min became a member of the Little Red Guards and was sent at age 17 to work at a labor collective, the Red Fire Farm. Her education was one of fear, deprivation, and hardship. Forbidden to speak, dress, read, write, or love as she pleased, she nevertheless found a lifeline that helped her survive the horrors of her daily existence. Red Azalea is an eloquent, poignant true story in which Anchee Min tells of her own emotional and political education, opening a window on the Cultural Revolution to reveal the toll it took on the young men and women caught in its fatal coils. It is read by actress Nancy Kwan ( The Joy Luck Club ).
DescriptionBased on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before, and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him, this is the most authoritative biography of Mao ever wr…
DescriptionAt the height of Mao's infamous Cultural Revolution, two boys are among hundreds of thousands exiled to the countryside for "re-education." The narrator and his best friend, Luo, guilty of being the sons of doctors, find themselves in a remote village whe…
