Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution Li MoyingPaperback
Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution Li MoyingPaperback Most people cannot remember when their childhood ended. It happened at night in the summer of 1966,…
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Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution Li MoyingPaperback
Most people cannot remember when their childhood ended. It happened at night in the summer of 1966, when my elementary school headmaster hanged himself.In 1966 Moying, a student at a prestigious language school in Beijing, seems destined for a promising future. I, on the other hand, have a crystal-clear memory of that moment.
After watching her teachers and headmasters beaten in public, Moying flees school for the safety of home, only to witness her beloved grandmother denounced, her home ransacked, her father's precious books flung onto the back of a truck, and Baba himself taken away. Everything changes when student Red Guards begin to orchestrate brutal assaults, violent public humiliations, and forced confessions. From labor camp, Baba entrusts a friend to deliver a reading list of banned books to Moying so that she can continue to learn.
Now, with so much of
Murder in the Falling Snow