Mr. China's Son A Villager's Life

Name: Mr. China's Son A Villager's Life
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ISBN: 9780813317304

ISBN-10: 0813317304

ISBN-13: 9780813317304

Edition: 1993

Authors: He Liyi, Claire Anne Chik

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He Liyi belongs to one of China’s minorities, the Bai, and he lives in a remote area of northwestern Yunnan Province. In 1979 his wife sold her fattest pig to buy him a shortwave radio. He spent every spare moment listening to the BBC and VOA in order to improve the English he had learned at college between 1950 and 1953. For “further practice,” he decided to write down his life story in English. Humorous and unfiltered by translation, his autobiography is direct and personal, full of richly descriptive images and phrases from his native Bai language.At the time of He Liyi’s graduation, English was being vilified as the language of the imperialists, so the job he was assigned had nothing to…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/11/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English