Hundred Flowers - Brossura

Gail Tsukiyama

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1250017009 ISBN 13: 9781250017000

Casa editrice: St. Martin's Press, 2012

Riassunto

China, 1957. Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in society: "Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend." Many intellectuals fear it is only a trick, and Kai Y ing's husband, Sheng, a teacher, has promised not to jeopardize their safety or that of their young son, Tao. But one July morning, just before his sixth birthday, Tao watches helplessly as Sheng is dragged away for writing a letter criticizing the Communist Party and sent to a labor camp for "reeducation". A year later, still missing his father desperately, Tao climbs to the top of the hundred-year-old kapok tree in front of their home, wanting to see the mountain peaks in the distance. But Tao slips and tumbles thirty feet to the courtyard below, badly breaking his leg. As Kai Ying struggles to hold her small family together in the face of this shattering reminder of her husband's absence, other members of the household must face their own guilty secrets and strive to find peace in a world where the old sense of order is falling. Once again, Tsukiyama brings us a powerfully moving story of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances with grace and courage.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: St. Martin's Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1250017009
• ISBN 13: 9781250017000
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304