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]

Homa & Sekey Books, 1999.,

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Author

Pu Ning

Publishers

Homa & Sekey Books, 1999.

Keyword

CINA China Chine

Binding description

Dust jacket

State of preservation

As New

Binding

Softcover

Inscribed

First edition

Description

8vo, br. ed. : 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.