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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... stopped me. Later she explained that she was trying to protect me. Although she didn't spell the words out, I understood the message. She was right. If Hot Pepper had caught me, I would have been expelled from the school as a ...
... stopped me. Later she explained that she was trying to protect me. Although she didn't spell the words out, I understood the message. She was right. If Hot Pepper had caught me, I would have been expelled from the school as a ...
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... stopped at one spot. Her mouth hung open as if shocked. I turned to see what she was looking at. I was shocked too: Wild Ginger had laid her head down on folded arms. She was sleeping. Umbrellas fell on my head like storms — my day's ...
... stopped at one spot. Her mouth hung open as if shocked. I turned to see what she was looking at. I was shocked too: Wild Ginger had laid her head down on folded arms. She was sleeping. Umbrellas fell on my head like storms — my day's ...
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... stopped. I had told my mother about Hot Pepper's treatment. Mother had come to the school and had complained to Mrs. Cheng. Mrs. Cheng told my mother that she had gone to the principal and was told that Hot Pepper represented the Red ...
... stopped. I had told my mother about Hot Pepper's treatment. Mother had come to the school and had complained to Mrs. Cheng. Mrs. Cheng told my mother that she had gone to the principal and was told that Hot Pepper represented the Red ...
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... stopped going to the hospital. I am not important to her. She talks about disowning me." "She was just angry at what you said about your father. I am sure she didn't mean it." "Maple, she shouldn't have given birth to me." "How could ...
... stopped going to the hospital. I am not important to her. She talks about disowning me." "She was just angry at what you said about your father. I am sure she didn't mean it." "Maple, she shouldn't have given birth to me." "How could ...
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... stopped moving. The tap kept running, the sink was filled. The water began to spill. She was not aware of it. "No one," she uttered. I felt a deep admiration rise inside me. I reached out my hand and shut off the faucet. It was the end ...
... stopped moving. The tap kept running, the sink was filled. The water began to spill. She was not aware of it. "No one," she uttered. I felt a deep admiration rise inside me. I reached out my hand and shut off the faucet. It was the end ...
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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