A Tree Grows in Daicheng
Publisher:
Amazon Crossing
Publication:
6/2017
Languages:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN/SKU:
9781503953086
Pages:
428
Sizes:
210 x 140mm
Weight:
0.6000
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The tight-knit neighborhood of Rose Street, Daicheng, China, is an enclave seemingly untouched by the Cultural Revolution. But the butcher shops, schools, and photography studios that line the streets in tidy rows conceal the residents’ daily struggles to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
It’s here that a child known as the Boy grows up, tormented by school-yard bullies who taunt him for his neck deformity. The Boy shrinks away when even his teachers tease him for his “wonky head,” finding solace only in his friendship with another disabled boy and his unrequited love for the beautiful Luo Jia. When both of his companions disappear suddenly, the Boy is left alone with his cowardly father and revolutionary sister. Like his nation, it’s up to him to determine his own future.