![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]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/778/714/47714778.0.m.jpg)
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]
by Pu Ning. 蒲宁 [Wu Ming-Shi; Wu Ming Zi; (Anonymous)] 無名氏 [introduction, Wang Luoyong ; A. Owen Aldridge ; translator, Richard J. Ferris, Jr.; Andrew Morton]
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Dumont, NJ : Homa & Sekey Books, 1998., 1998. As New. 1st edition ; 1st printing ; SIGNED by author Pu Ning ; paper wrappers with colorful decoration ; Abstract: 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. ; AS NEW [This listing contains text written in Chinese GB script]
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- 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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- Pu Ning. 蒲宁 [Wu Ming-Shi; Wu Ming Zi; (Anonymous)] 無名氏 [introduction, Wang Luoyong ; A. Owen Aldridge ; translator, Richard J. Ferris, Jr.; Andrew Morton]
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- ISBN 10
- 096654210X
- ISBN 13
- 9780966542103
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- Dumont, NJ : Homa & Sekey Books, 1998.
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- Dumont, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- communism communists mao tse tung zhe dong political prisoners shanghai cultural revolution cruelty literature chinese social commentary socialism psychological suffering Andrew Morton Anhui asked beautiful bloom bridge cadre Chen China Chinese Comrade co
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