Wild Ginger: A NovelHMH, 2004. 1. 1. - 240페이지 Two girls come of age during the horrors of China’s Cultural Revolution in this novel by the national bestselling author of Empress Orchid. The young and beautiful Wild Ginger is only in elementary school, but has already survived hell through her sheer iron will. Singled out by the Red Guards for her “foreign-colored eyes,” she has seen her deceased father branded a traitor and her mother commit suicide under the oppressive weight of persecution. But the young Wild Ginger will not allow herself to be taken down. Nor will she turn her back on other martyrs—like sweet Maple, daughter of a teacher of Chinese history, survivor of a labor camp, and victim of daily brutal beatings by a gang girl called Hot Pepper. While the two become fast friends over their shared ostracism, it is Wild Ginger who will take her Maoist principles to the extreme, becoming no less than a national model for the revolutionary Communist doctrine. But when both self-possessed young girls begin to feel a prohibited romantic love for the same boy, all three of them will face mortal danger. In this novel, the author of Pearl of China and the New York Times Notable Book Red Azalea “continues her extraordinarily acute inquiry into the wounded psyches of martyrs…and survivors of China's horrific Cultural Revolution… As in all her unsparing, compelling, and transcendent books, Min discerns both the vulnerability and strength of individuals and, more disturbingly, unveils the eroticism of pain. Given our own times, Min's taut and compassionate tale of oppressed teenagers kept in ignorance of the wider world, children brainwashed into performing acts of violence and self-destruction, is especially urgent.”—Booklist |
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... feel sorry for the newcomer. The same way I felt for myself. I was rejected for membership in the Red Guard because I was not from a three-generationof-labor family. My parents and grandparents were teachers. It didn't matter that we ...
... feel sorry for the newcomer. The same way I felt for myself. I was rejected for membership in the Red Guard because I was not from a three-generationof-labor family. My parents and grandparents were teachers. It didn't matter that we ...
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... feel my fingers turning cold and my breath shorten. I made sure I brought all three pieces and updated all my Mao quotations. Still, Hot Pepper found fault every time. She would say that I hadn't made the proper pause at a comma or at ...
... feel my fingers turning cold and my breath shorten. I made sure I brought all three pieces and updated all my Mao quotations. Still, Hot Pepper found fault every time. She would say that I hadn't made the proper pause at a comma or at ...
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... feeling uncomfortable with my body. I was ashamed of my developing chest. It was terrifying. I wrapped my chest with three layers of cloth plus a tight undershirt. Even in the summer heat I wore the same shirt, ignoring the skin rashes ...
... feeling uncomfortable with my body. I was ashamed of my developing chest. It was terrifying. I wrapped my chest with three layers of cloth plus a tight undershirt. Even in the summer heat I wore the same shirt, ignoring the skin rashes ...
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... feel sorry for me. I take the wounds as my medals." What a thought! "Do you fight a lot?" "With my kind of looks, people don't leave me alone." "Do you win in the fights?" "Well, most of the time I lose. Once I almost got my teeth ...
... feel sorry for me. I take the wounds as my medals." What a thought! "Do you fight a lot?" "With my kind of looks, people don't leave me alone." "Do you win in the fights?" "Well, most of the time I lose. Once I almost got my teeth ...
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... feeling came through me. My tears gushed up involuntarily. "Here's your abacus," I managed to say. "Hot Pepper will break it again if she sees you hanging out with me." "Or you with me." She smiled. "Where do you live?" "Number 347 Red ...
... feeling came through me. My tears gushed up involuntarily. "Here's your abacus," I managed to say. "Hot Pepper will break it again if she sees you hanging out with me." "Or you with me." She smiled. "Where do you live?" "Number 347 Red ...
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abacus ANCHEE MIN anti-Maoist arms asked basket Becoming Madame Mao began big-character poster breath brother cents Chairman Mao teaches Cheng China Chinese closet Communist comrade crowd Cultural Revolution dance door Evergreen eyes face father feel felt fish hair hands head Hot Pep Hot Pepper Hua Mulan knees knew learning live looked loudspeaker Madame Mao Manchu Mao book Mao jacket Mao quotations Mao study Mao's Maoist Maple mind morning mother mouth moved neighborhood never night party secretary People's Square pulled pushed rally reactionary reciting Red Guards revolutionary sang Shanghai shouted sing smell smile snails songs sound squid stared stood stopped Suddenly sure talk taotai tears tell thought told took tried truth trying turned voice waiting walked wall wanted What's Wild Gin Wild Ginger woman Wuhu yecai yelled