Under the hawthorn tree /
Yichang municipality, Hubei province, China, early 1970s. High-school student Jingqiu is one of many educated urban youth sent to the countryside to be "reeducated" under a dictate from Chairman Mao. Jing's father is a political prisoner somewhere in China, and her mother, a former te...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
House of Anansi Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Yichang municipality, Hubei province, China, early 1970s. High-school student Jingqiu is one of many educated urban youth sent to the countryside to be "reeducated" under a dictate from Chairman Mao. Jing's father is a political prisoner somewhere in China, and her mother, a former teacher branded as a "capitalist," is now reduced to menial work to support Jing and her two younger siblings. When Jing arrives with a group at Xiping village in the Yangtze River's Three Gorges region, she meets geology student Jianxin, nicknamed "Old Three," who is the son of a high-ranking military officer, but. |
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| Item Description: | Previous title: Hawthorn tree forever. Translation of: Shan zha shu zhi lian. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 356 unnumbered pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781770890503 (electronic) 1770890505 (electronic) |