Flower Terror: Suffocating Stories of China [The Fossil ; A Glass of Water ; Reunion ; The Turtle ; A Type ; Silken Veil ; Duck's Tongue Cap ; Onto the Bridge ; Flower Play ; The Secret on the Pamirs ; The Day Mao Died]
Flower Terror: Suffocating Stories of China [The Fossil ; A Glass of Water ; Reunion ; The Turtle ; A Type ; Silken Veil ; Duck's Tongue Cap ; Onto the Bridge ; Flower Play ; The Secret on the Pamirs ; The Day Mao Died]
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Details
- Author
- Pu Ning
- Publishers
- Homa & Sekey Books, 1999.
- Keyword
- CINA China Chine
- Binding description
- S
- Dust jacket
- False
- State of preservation
- As New
- Binding
- Softcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
8vo, br. ed. : Stories on the Chinese Cultural Revolution. In A Glass of Water, an old woman is denied water because of her family's anti-revolutionary politics, in The Fossil, a wife shows her loyalty to the Party by not speaking to her husband for three years, while in the title tale a man attracts suspicion when he buys flowers, considered a frivolous purchase. ; A collection of vignettes based mostly on Pu Ning's personal life in China between 1950's and 1970's" ; Contents: Pu Ning and his writing -- Preface -- The fossil -- A glass of water -- Flower terror -- Reunion -- The turtle -- A type -- Silken veil -- Duck's tongue cap -- Onto the bridge -- Flower play -- The secret on the Pamirs -- The day Mao died.
