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Author:
Li, Yiyun, 1972-
Title:
The vagrants : a novel / Yiyun Li.
Edition:
Random House trade pbk. ed.
Publisher:
Random House Trade Paperbacks,
Copyright Date:
2010, c2009
Description:
349 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
City and town life--China--Fiction.
China--Politics and government--20th century--Fiction.
China--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.
China--History--20th century--Fiction.
City and town life--China--Fiction.
China--Politics and government--Fiction.
China--Social conditions--Fiction.
China--History--20th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Summary:
Gu Shan, a young woman of Muddy River, faces a death sentence as a political prisoner for renouncing her faith in communism in the 1970s and standing behind Chairman Mao, and while her mother turns to tradition by burning the clothing of her only child, Gu Shan's father retreats into memories.
Indexed by:
Library Journal, October 2008
Booklist starred, January 2009
Pub Weekly, October 2008
Kirkus Review, October 2008
Library Journal
Booklist starred
Pub Weekly
ISBN:
0812973348
9780812973341 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Locations:
BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

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