Mr. China's Son: A Villager's Life

ISBN-13: 9780367319397 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 347 str.

Liyi He;Claire Anne Chik

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He Liyi belongs to one of China's minorities, the Bai, and he lives in a remote area of northwestern Yunnan Province. In 1979, his wife sold her fattest pig to buy him a shortwave radio. He spent every spare moment listening to the BBC and VOA in order to improve the English he had learned at college between 1950 and 1953. For "further practice," h

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Introduction -- Part One -- An Anti-Party Rightist Cap for Me -- A "General Buffalo" Among the Rightists -- I Wave Goodbye to My Homeland -- An Execution and an Eyeless Village Girl -- The Political Typhoon Continues -- A Big Meeting for Taking off Rightist Caps -- Part Two -- A Broken Mirror Goes Unrepaired -- Unconquerable Problems Lead to Marriage -- A Joyful Torch Festival -- I Become a Nation's Worker -- A Two-Member Family Meeting -- Stealing Other People's Shit -- Two Misfortunes and A "Public Parade" -- An Unforgettable Host -- I Lay Down My Hoe -- Part Three -- And I Take up My Chalk -- A Ninth Dish of Eggs -- Our Firecrackers Announce Big News -- Mrs. He Goes to Kunming -- Part Four -- To Sweep Chicken's Droppings and Drive the Sparrows from the Field -- A Meeting of Two Brothers and Four Sisters -- Jumping into the Sea

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He Liyi's previous book is The Spring of Butterflies, a translation of Chinese folk tales. Claire Anne Chik is currently teaching English as a Second Language at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has taught English at Kumming Institute of Technology and Yunnan University from 1983 to 1986. He Liyi's previous book is The Spring of Butterflies, a translation of Chinese folk tales. Claire Anne Chik is currently teaching English as a Second Language at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has taught English at Kumming Institute of Technology and Yunnan University from 1983 to 1986.