Wild ginger
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Author
Contributions
- Chin-Yee Lai - Jacket Design
- Geoff Spear - Jacket Photo
Publication
2002 - Houghton Mifflin, Boston, USA, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
56,500 words, Guess
Page Count
226 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewildginger00mina
- ISBN-100618068864
- ISBN-139780618068869
- LibraryThing468053
- Library of Congress Control Number2001051611
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number48144415
- Better World Books9780618068869
- Open LibraryOL3953595M
Classifications
- DDC813' .54 (ddc21)
- LCCPS 3563. I4614 W35 2002
- LCCPS3563.I4614 W35 2002
and 1 more
- LCCPS3563.I4614W35 2002
Description
From inside front cover: The beautiful, iron-willed Wild Ginger is only in elementary school when we first meet her, but already she has been singled out by the Red Guards for her "foreign-colored eyes." Her classmate Maple is also a target of persecution. It is through the quieter, more skeptical Maple, a less than ardent Maoist whose father is languishing in prison for a minor crime, that we see this story to its end. The Red Guards have branded Wild Ginger's deceased father a traitor and eventually drive her mother to a gruesome suicide, but she fervently embraces Maoism to save her spirit. She rises quickly through the ranks and is held up as a national model for Maoism during the Cultural Revolution. Wild Ginger now has everything, even a young man who vies for her heart. But Mao's prohibition on romantic love places her in an untenable position. Into this sexually charged situation steps Maple, creating an uneasy triangle.
Description
"The beautiful, iron-willed Wild Ginger is only in elementary school when we first meet her. but already she has been singled out by the Red Guards for her "foreign-colored eyes." Her classmate Maple is also a target of persecution. It is through the quieter, more skeptical Maple, a less than ardent Maoist whose father is languishing in prison for a minor crime, that we see this story to its tragic end.". "The Red Guards have branded Wild Ginger's deceased father a traitor and eventually drive her mother to a gruesome suicide, but she fervently embraces Maoism to save her spirit. She rises quickly through the ranks and is held up as a national model for Maoism. Wild Ginger now has everything, even a young man who vies for her heart. But Mao's prohibition on romantic love places her in an untenable position. Into this sexually charged situation steps Maple, creating an uneasy triangle that Min has portrayed with keen psychological insight and her characteristic gift for lyrical eroticism."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Genres
- Fiction
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