This novel’s title would seem to be self-explanatory, but it isn’t. Only in the last 100 pages does the clash of ideas which produced the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 meet head on. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * This novel’s title would seem to be self-explanatory, but it isn’t.
Only in the last 100 pages does the clash of ideas which produced the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 meet head on. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? This novel’s title would seem to be self-explanatory, but it isn’t. Only in the last 100 pages does the clash of ideas which produced the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 meet head on.
That’s the term Western media outlets used — the Chinese government prefers to call it the June Fourth Incident. Written using the pseudonym Lai Wen, the author offers a coming-of-age novel, set in the 1970s, of a young girl in Beijing. The descriptions are sharp and would be recognized by anyone who grew up in the West.
The games, the friends, the sexual awakening, the cruelty that children inflict on each other, the disagreements and the emotional distance from their parents — it’s all in the pages of . Tiananmen Square The strongest, most memorable character in the book turns out to be Lai’s grandmother. Indeed the strongest writing opens the book with Lai’s memories of her.
“I remember the smell of her. Somewhere between the scent of jasmine a.