The Vagrants
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Brilliant Insight into the Chinese Cultural Revolution through the lives of the people submitted by MH17 on July 14, 2019, 5:09pm A stunning examination of life during the Cultural Revolution with big ideas writ small in the lives of damaged and disrupted by the state's violent, borderline torturous execution of a young woman in a small village in China. The execution has a ripple effect on the community and changes the lives of many in surprising ways. With spare prose and a tone that is effectively detached, often somewhat humorous, Li writes with humanity and compassion about all characters, from the sympathetic to the less so, making this work a real triumph. It's a warning about many things, mainly the perils of giving the state too much power, too much influence in the lives of the people. Brilliant. Five out of five.
PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 337 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781400063130 (alk. paper)
1400063132 (alk. paper)
SUBJECTS
City and town life -- China -- Fiction.
China -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Fiction.
China -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
China -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
China -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.