Tough read. Almost impossible to rate. Did I (3) like or (4) really like this novel? No. I endured it. Do I think it (5) amazing? Yes, yes ... that I do.It is, quite possibly, the most brutal, dispiriting, sad, anger-provoking, depressing novel I've ever read. I feel as though this novel is try...
5 stars! A stunning novel. Takes place in China in the late 1970s. A young woman is to be executed for her ideologic opposition to the oppressive cultural revolution. It is about humans being human — what people do and say to protect their own interests — but they all believe in different ways to ac...
Though the characters are fictional, the world it portrays was once real (1979 China, two years after Mao's death). The book is loosely based upon a true story. However, the name of the city and names of characters are all fictional (except for the distant city of Beijing and the former leader, Ma...
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