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Banished! /

Dong, Han

Banished! / Han Dong. - 1 online resource (292 p.)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator's Preface -- Notes on Translation -- One. Banishment -- Two. The Enclosure -- Three. Young Too -- Four. Primary School -- Five. Animals -- Six. The Farm Tools Factory -- Seven. Zhao Ningsheng -- Eight. The Cleaning Bug -- Nine. "516" -- Ten. Rich Peasants -- Eleven. Striking Root -- Twelve. The Author -- Thirteen. Conclusion -- Excerpts from the Glossary in the Chinese Version of Banished! -- Han Dong and the World of Chinese Literature -- About the Translator

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It is 1969 and China is in the throes of the Cultural Revolution. The Tao family is banished to the countryside, forced to leave comfortable lives in Nanjing to be reeducated in the true nature of the revolution by the peasants of Sanyu village.The parents face exile with stoicism and teach their son to embrace reeducation wholeheartedly. Is this simple pragmatism, an attempt to protect the boy and ensure his future? Or do the banished cadres really cling to their belief in their leaders and the ideals of the Revolution? These questions remain tantalizingly unanswered in this prize-winning first novel.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780824832629 9780824861551

10.1515/9780824861551 doi


Idealism--Fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.

PL2861.A6643 / Z4513 2009eb

895.1/352