Tag: china
The Vagrants
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/05/20/the-vagrants/
Title: The Vagrants Author: Yiyun Li Publisher: Random House, February 2009 Summary: The Vagrants takes place in the town of Muddy River in China during the late 1970s. The focus of the story is the execution of Gu Shan as a counterrevolutionary and the...
American Shaolin
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/11/01/american-shaolin/
Title: American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China Author: Matthew Polley Publisher: Gotham, December 2007 Summary: This is not your typical travelogue or coming-of-age story, but this Alex Award winner will be as entertaining as any...