and artistically written, this short novel depicts life in postMao China, Having known little about life in postMao China, I found this to be an interesting read, The language is not watered down, it is strong, and tothepoint I appreciated that, This brilliant little novel, set against the backdrop of postMao China, juxtaposes recollections of childhood, pet ownership, and marriage with discussions of art, sex, and murder, weaving together an absurdist tapestry that
is the inner life of the novel's felicitously named protagonist, Huang Haha.
Subversive, iconoclastic, and wholly irreverent,
Translated from the Chinese: Hun tun chia li ko leng, This is a story of a young Chinese woman named Huang Haha, who experienced the Chinese cultural revolution of the's while growing up but is now living in London, UK.
Her story is full of flashbacks to her past, of various episodes dealing with various family members her parents and "Auntie", and with various friends, At agein the mids, she wants to join the Red Guards like her brother has, One of the qualifications seems to be a flamboyant use of obscenities and profanities she and a friend practice away at it, Things don't work out. Her father is driven to suicide, She and her friends think a lot about what is right and wrong, They talk a lot about sex and getting married, Some of them eventually do, and end up divorced, They make up a lot of poetry, Things settle down after the Cultural Revolution ends and she is able to complete her education in thes, and eventually leave China, To some extent, Huang Haha's story parallels the author's own life, o della vita sprecata di chi non può decidere del proprio futuro
diario adolescenziale di un'aspirante qualcosa, qualsiasi cosa che le permetta di vivere una vita "normale" nella Cina degli anni del Grande Balzo in avanti e della Rivoluzione culturale, prima e delle Aperture e Riforme poi.
. . un po' come fosse l'arte di arrangiarsi alla cinese Meh, I guess it is good that it is a short book, otherwise I probably wouldn't have persisted, The story of a girl living in London, recalling her life and family growing up in Peking Beijing, There's a pretty good fart joke and some funny bits on swearing and I'm not going to try to tell you I didn't enjoy those, The rest of the book wasn't terrible but nothing I'd recommend, Liu Sola Chinese: 刘索拉 aka: Liu Suola Beijing, China is a Chinese composer, vocalist, music producer, and author, After graduating from the Central Conservatory of Music with a degree in composition, she published her award winning novella You Have no Choice, Sinces, Liu Sola has scored many Chinese and international film sound tracks, as well as TV and drama productions, She has composed music for orchestra, ensemble, opera, modern theater, modern dance, and art exhibitions, Her range of musical styles includes classical music, jazz, early music, rock, traditional and contemporary music, She is frequently invited to perform at international music festivals and has recorded and collaborated with many international artists, During th Liu Sola Chinese: 刘索拉 aka: Liu Suola Beijing, China is a Chinese composer, vocalist, music producer, and author, After graduating from the Central Conservatory of Music with a degree in composition, she published her award winning novella You Have no Choice, Sinces, Liu Sola has scored many Chinese and international film sound tracks, as well as TV and drama productions, She has composed music for orchestra, ensemble, opera, modern theater, modern dance, and art exhibitions, Her range of musical styles includes classical music, jazz, early music, rock, traditional and contemporary music, She is frequently invited to perform at international music festivals and has recorded and collaborated with many international artists, During thes, she recorded with Pol Brennan, Bill Laswell, James Blood Ulmer, Jerome Bailey, Henry Threadgill, Umar Bin Hassan, Amina C, Myers, Fernando Sounders, Pheeroan aKlaff so on, In, she founded Liu Sola Friends Ensemble, teaming up with Chinese instrumental virtuosos such as Li Zhengui, Zhang Yangsheng, and Yang Jing, together with other young award winning soloists.
In, Chinese guitar virtuoso Liu Yijun lao wu joined the ensemble, Her opera music works include: chamber opera Fantasy of the Red Queen, performed by Ensemble Modern and Liu Sola Friends Ensemble, Liu Sola is the libretto and music composer, artistic director, costume designer and leading vocalist, Chamber opera The Afterlife of Li Jiantongis a work dedicated to her mother, a Chinese political historical writer, Liu Sola wrote both the libretto and the music, Conducted and performed by Paul Hillier/Theatre of Voices, She is the founder of Liu Sola Beijing Music Studio, located in China, Songzhuang, an artist district. Liu Sola designed and built a music space for her ensemble to rehearse and record, Over the years, she has composed and produced film soundtracks for directors such as Zhang Nuanxin, Michel Apted, Li Shaohong, Lv Yue, Ning Ying and others, In, she established Liu Sola Friends Ensemble Independent Film Music Work Shop, She is the author of the novels Chaos All That, Nv Zhen Tang/ La Grande Île des Tortues Cochons, Lost in Fascination, and other award winning novellas and essay collections.
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