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portada Bright Swallow: Making Choices in Mao's China: A Memoir
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23.4 x 15.6 x 1.2 cm
Weight
0.33 kg.
ISBN13
9781925736106
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Bright Swallow: Making Choices in Mao's China: A Memoir

Vivian Bi (Author) · Hybrid Publishers · Paperback

Bright Swallow: Making Choices in Mao's China: A Memoir - Bi, Vivian

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Synopsis "Bright Swallow: Making Choices in Mao's China: A Memoir"

"September 1972 was a happy month for me, because my mother had lung cancer. I hate to say those words, but it's the truth."My Chinese name - Xiyan, meaning bright swallow - was chosen by my mother with great expectations. As one of China's "new women", she had travelled widely, dressed elegantly, and dined in fine restaurants. In the bleakness of Mao's China, she saw little opportunity for her only daughter to live such a life. Her last words to me were: "At least I lived a life". She could not have known how much defiance these words would stir in me.Orphaned at fifteen, I fought against cold, hunger and discrimination. Without an adult at home, I listened to vinyl records of "bourgeois" music, read banned books and became a secret storyteller. I saved every penny for train trips to the country's natural wonders - something unheard of at that time. Sent to the countryside for re-education, I drew water from wells, collected manure from pigsties, drove a horse-drawn cart and bonded with animals. However, I never stopped looking for chances to escape the life that I had been placed in.Bright Swallow is a moving story of endurance, hope and resilience.

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