When Huai Flowers Bloom: Stories of the Cultural Revolution

by Shu Jiang Lu

Set against China's turbulent years between the early 1960s and the late 1970s, When Huai Flowers Bloom is the literary memoir of a young girl who manages to sustain love, imagination, and strength during this most chaotic time. With twelve separate yet interconnected stories, Shu Jiang Lu alternates between storyteller and listener as she relays haunting memories and explores the devastating effect of Mao's anticultural Cultural Revolution. Lu weaves...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791472310
• ISBN13: 9780791472316
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Story of the Human Spirit

This book is autobiographical...it is a series of stories about the author as she was growing up in China during the cultural revolution. It is beautifully written and transcends any cultural differences. You will be filled with both joy and sorrow as you read her wonderful tales.