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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Fascinating and fantasically well-written memoir of Liang Heng's life as a child and teenager in the Cultural Revolution. It could have desecnded into something quite awful but was deeply and powerfully written, tracing his own developing feelings from the early adoration of Mao and the Party to the growing disillusion. Really a great joy to read, despite how hard the life was. One of the better Cultural Revolution books I have read, but perhaps because it was one of the first. After a while, the horror of it all can make you a bit numb. This one isn't nearly as harrowing as a few others however. Life and Death in Shanghai would have to be my first recommendation, as it is also extremely well written. no reviews | add a review
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)951.0560924History and Geography Asia China and region History 1949- (People's Republic, 20th century) 1960-1969, Cultural revolutionLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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