Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution - Softcover

Li, Moying

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312608675 ISBN 13: 9780312608675

Verlag: SQUARE FISH, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

This inspiring memoir illuminates a dark time in China's history through the compelling story of one teenager's difficult, but determined, coming of age.

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

MOYING LI, one of the first students to leave China for study abroad after the Cultural Revolution, came to the United States in 1980 on a full scholarship from Swarthmore College. She holds an M.A., an M.B.A., and a Ph.D. She lives in Boston and Beijing.

Auszug. © Genehmigter Nachdruck. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Snow Falling in Spring

Coming of Age in China During the Cultural RevolutionBy Li, Moying

Square Fish

Copyright © 2010 Li, Moying
All right reserved.
ISBN: 9780312608675

From Snow Falling in Spring

In front of Baba’s eyes, they flung book after book onto the stone floor. One of them reached into a lower shelf for Baba’s rare books. Dragging them out by their silk strings, he yanked them open.

“Please,” Baba pleaded, trying to free himself from the hands of his guard. “Don’t touch those.”

The guard pulled Baba’s arms back and tied a rope around them.

Then the soldiers dumped all our books into large hemp sacks that they pulled from the back of the truck. “The paper factory will turn this trash into pulp in no time,” they announced. When Lao Lao tried to plead with them, a soldier just pushed her away. Dragging the sacks through our gate, they flung them, one after another, onto the open truck. Then, hurling Baba on top of the bulging bags, the soldiers drove away in a cloud of dust, leaving my grandmother filled with sorrow . . .

With our neighbors’ help, I cleared the rubble. After everyone had left, I closed the door and all the windows and sank to the cold stone floor, my face buried in my arms. The sun was setting, and darkness was creeping into the house.

Our bookshelves now stood naked in the shadows— like proud but defeated old warriors.

Continues...

Excerpted from Snow Falling in Spring by Li, Moying Copyright © 2010 by Li, Moying. Excerpted by permission.
All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SQUARE FISH
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0312608675
• ISBN 13: 9780312608675
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar