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“A novel written with a verve and sense of humanity that have rarely been seen in Chinese literature since 1949.”
-Australia-China Review

Now in a reprint edition from China Books, one of the bestselling novels in China is available again after an absence of several years. Life in a small Hunan town is richly portrayed through the turbulent years from 1963-79, as the impact of political campaigns takes its toll on the lives of ordinary people. One of the best novels of post-Revolutionary China.

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