Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution
"Most people cannot remember when their childhood ended. I, on the other hand, have a crystal-clear memory of that moment. 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. But everything changes when student Red Guards begin to orchestrate brutal assaults, violent public humiliations, and forced confessions.
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. 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 her life at risk, she finds sanctuary in the world of imagination and learning.
This inspiring memoir follows Moying Li from age twelve to twenty-two, illuminating a complex, dark time in China's history as it tells the compelling story of one girl's difficult but determined coming-of-age during the Cultural Revolution.
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"Li effectively builds the climate of fear that accompanies the rise of the Red Guard, while accounts of her headmaster's suicide and the pulping of her father's book collection give a harrowing, closeup view of the persecution. Sketches about her grandparents root the narrative within a broader context of Chinese traditions as well as her own family's values, establishing a basis for Li's later portrayal of the individuals around her who respond to oppression with hope and faith in knowledge and education." — Publishers Weekly
Product Details
| Recommended Age | 12 and up |
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| Author | Moying Li |
| ISBN | 0312608675 |
| Publication Date | Mar 16, 2010 |
| Publisher | Square Fish |
| Language | English |