Naked Earth

by Eileen Chang

Paperback, 2015

Status

Available

Call number

895.13

Collection

Publication

NYRB Classics (2015), Paperback, 400 pages

Description

An NYRB Classics OriginalSet in the early years of Maos China, Naked Earth is the story of two earnest young people confronting the grim realities of revolutionary change. Liu Chuan and Su Nan meet in the countryside after volunteering to assist in the new land reform program.

User reviews

LibraryThing member susanbooks
Really good, but put-downable at places. Then you get to the last chapter and it all becomes devastating. Incredible. This rivals Orwell's 1984 in showing how totalitarianism destroys the soul. Chang was a genius.

Language

Original language

Chinese

Original publication date

1954

ISBN

1590178343 / 9781590178348

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