- Fiction, Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976) fast (OCoLC)fst01352662, History, Fiction, historical
During Mao's Cultural revolution, two boys are sent to re-education camps. There they discover a hidden suitcase packed with the great Western novels of the nineteenth century. Their lives are transformed.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and intimate.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Dai Sijie
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 172
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random, Vintage
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780099286431
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