Cries in the Drizzle

Name: Cries in the Drizzle
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ISBN: 9780307279996

ISBN-10: 0307279995

ISBN-13: 9780307279996

Edition: 2007

Authors: Yu Hua, Allan H. Barr

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Yu Hua's beautiful, heartbreaking novel "Cries in the Drizzle" follows a young Chinese boy throughout his childhood and adolescence during the reign of Chairman Mao. The middle son of three, Sun Guanglin is constantly neglected ignored by his parents and his younger and older brother. Sent away at age six to live with another family, he returns to his parents' house six years later on the same night that their home burns to the ground, making him even more a black sheep. Yet Sun Guanglin's status as an outcast, both at home and in his village, places him in a unique position to observe the changing nature of Chinese society, as social dynamics -- and his very own family -- are changed…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.95" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

YU HUA is the author of five novels, six story collections, and three essay collections. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He is the recipient of many awards, including the James Joyce Award, France's Prix Courrier International, and Italy's Premio Grinzane Cavour. Yu Hua lives in Beijing.