When Huai flowers bloom : stories of the Cultural Revolution / Shu Jiang Lu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lu, Shu Jiang.

Series:

Excelsior Editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutions--China--History--20th century.

Revolutions.

China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Personal narratives.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Set against China's turbulent years between the early 1960s and the late 1970s, When Huai Flowers Bloom is the literary memoir of a young girl who manages to sustain love, imagination, and strength during this most chaotic time. With twelve separate yet interconnected stories, Shu Jiang Lu alternates between storyteller and listener as she relays haunting memories and explores the devastating effect of Mao's anticultural Cultural Revolution. Lu weaves together the voices of multiple real and fantastic characters: her parents and their treasured yet forbidden bookcase; the mysterious vendors beckoning from Pear Flower Alley; the immortal martial hero; the reactionary opera singer and the black demon novelist; the whispering ghost and dancing fairy; and the author herself, discovering her storyteller's voice in the military camps of her youth. When Huai Flowers Bloom is a poignant, persistent journey toward voice and freedom.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue

I Heard a Bird Singing

The Fragrance of Huai Flowers

Pear Flower Alley

Jade Rabbit

The Voices of the Winds

The Song of the Golden Phoenix

Fairyland

The Girl under the Red Flag

A World of Rain

The Winter Solstice

Sunset

Beyond Darkness

Epilogue

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780791479414

0791479412

9781435606494

1435606493

OCLC:

181102751