Spring Grass: Born into New China: A Memoir: Vol. 1
Автор:Qiyin Emurian Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 226 ISBN: 1470191415 Spring Grass: Born into New China, is a richly detailed account of the period of my life from early childhood to the beginning of the violence and uncertainty unleashed by the Cultural Revolution. I began my journey as a spirited child of a well-to-do family in Shanghai. The day when I started primary school, I learned that my first name, Qiyin, meant spring grass in Chinese, blessing me to be like grass, not as charming as flowers, but always to be alive and thriving. I became unusually bold for a girl. The book reveals the gradual changes to my life and to the lives of my family and friends as Mao Zedong issued directives for the New China. With the start of the Cultural Revolution, my older brother and I, both ardent believers in Mao?s words and policies, joined the Red Guards to sweep away all vestiges of capitalism and the Four Old: Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas. I found myself with the power to make life altering decisions about the lives of suspected...
