Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search


Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at LARL/NWRL Consortium.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lake Agassiz Regional Library. (Show preferred library)

Current holds

0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Crookston Public Library WEN (Text) 33500014006746 Main Available -

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781954118393
  • ISBN: 1954118392
  • Physical Description: 527 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2024]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes reading group guide.
Summary, etc.:
As a child in Beijing in the 1970s, Lai lives with ... Read More

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Young women > Fiction.
Books and reading > Fiction.
China > History > Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 > Fiction.
Beijing (China) > History > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
► Shelf Browser
▼ MARC Record
LDR 03497cam a2200457 i 4500
001436843
003LARL_NWRL_CONSORTIUM
00520240530191933.0
008240313t20242024nyu e 000 1deng d
040 . ‡aETC ‡beng ‡erda ‡cETC ‡dOCLCO ‡dBDX ‡dJAS ‡dJED ‡dOCLCO ‡dOJ4
020 . ‡a9781954118393 ‡q(paperback)
020 . ‡a1954118392 ‡q(paperback)
035 . ‡a(OCoLC)1428822167
037 . ‡bTwo Rivers Distribution, C/O Ips Jackson 210 American Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301-5070 ‡nSAN 631-8630
08204. ‡a823.92 ‡223/eng/20240524
1001 . ‡aWen, Lai, ‡d1970- ‡eauthor.
24510. ‡aTiananmen Square / ‡cLai Wen.
250 . ‡aFirst edition.
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bSpiegel & Grau, ‡c[2024]
264 4. ‡c©2024
300 . ‡a527 pages ; ‡c23 cm.
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
500 . ‡aIncludes reading group guide.
520 . ‡aAs a child in Beijing in the 1970s, Lai lives with her family in a lively, working-class neighborhood near the heart of the city. Thoughtful yet unassuming, she spends her days with her friends beyond the attention of her parents: Her father is a reclusive figure who lingers in the background, while her mother, an aging beauty and fervent patriot, is quick-tempered and preoccupied with neighborhood gossip. Only Lai's grandmother, a formidable and colorful maverick, seems to really see Lai and believe that she can blossom beyond their circumstances. But Lai is quickly awakened to the harsh realities of the Chinese state. A childish prank results in a terrifying altercation with police that haunts her for years; she also learns that her father, like many others, was broken during the Cultural Revolution. As she enters adolescence, Lai meets a mysterious and wise bookseller who introduces her to great works--Hemingway, Camus, and Orwell, among others--that open her heart to the emotional power of literature and her mind to thrillingly different perspectives. Along the way, she experiences the ebbs and flows of friendship, the agony of grief, and the first steps and missteps in love. A gifted student, Lai wins a scholarship to study at the prestigious Peking University where she soon falls in with a theatrical band of individualists and misfits dedicated to becoming their authentic selves, despite the Communist Party's insistence on conformity-and a new world opens before her. When student resistance hardens under the increasingly restrictive policies of the state, the group gets swept up in the fervor, determined to be heard, joining the masses of demonstrators and dreamers who display remarkable courage and loyalty in the face of danger. As 1989 unfolds, the spirit of change is in the air.
650 0. ‡aYoung women ‡vFiction. ‡0(LARL_NWRL_CONSORTIUM)168213
650 0. ‡aBooks and reading ‡vFiction. ‡0(LARL_NWRL_CONSORTIUM)163741
651 0. ‡aChina ‡xHistory ‡yTiananmen Square Incident, 1989 ‡vFiction.
651 0. ‡aBeijing (China) ‡xHistory ‡vFiction.
655 0. ‡aHistorical fiction.
655 0. ‡aBiographical fiction.
655 7. ‡aHistorical fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aBiographical fiction. ‡2lcgft
901 . ‡a436843 ‡bOCoLC ‡c436843 ‡tbiblio ‡soclc

Additional Resources