The Bitter Sea
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Book Overview This haunting, illuminating memoir tells the remarkable true story of a young Chinese man's coming-of-age during the tumultuous early yea...
This haunting, illuminating memoir tells the remarkable true story of a young Chinese man's coming-of-age during the tumultuous early years of the People's Republic of China.
In this exceptional personal memoir, Charles N. Li brings into focus the growth pains of a nation undergoing torturous rebirth and offers an intimate understanding of the intricate, subtle, and yet all-powerful traditions that bind the Chinese family.
Born near the beginning of World War II, Li Na was the youngest son of a wealthy Chinese government official. He saw his father jailed for treason and his family's fortunes dashed when Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists came to power in 1945. He watched from his aunt's Shanghai apartment as the Communist army seized the city in 1948. He experienced the heady materialism of the decadent foreign "white ghosts" in British Hong Kong and starved within the harsh confines of a Communist reform school. Over the course of twenty-one tumultuous years, he went from Li Na, the dutiful Chinese son yearning for a stern, manipulative father's love, to Charles, an independent Chinese American seeking no one's approval but his own.
Lyrical and luminous, intense and extraordinary, The Bitter Sea is an unforgettable tale of one young man and his country.
How does a boy survive when his family, and his entire country, collapses around him?
- A Family Torn by War: Follow the son of a high-ranking official in the Japanese-collaborationist Nanking Regime as his father is jailed for treason, plunging the family from a guarded mansion into the slums of Nanjing.
- Coming of Age in Mao's China: An unflinching look at the rise of the People's Republic, from witnessing the Communist army seize Shanghai to the brutal reality of life in a reform school.
- British Hong Kong: Experience the culture shock and decadent materialism of the British colony through the eyes of a young refugee navigating a new world and language.
- A Son's Story: At the heart of this memoir is the powerful, lifelong struggle of a boy yearning for the love of a stern, distant, and manipulative father.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 304 | Language: English | Publisher: PERENNIAL | ISBN: 0061709549
FormatPaperback
Pages304
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0061709549
EAN9780061709548
PublisherPERENNIAL
Publication Date1970-01-01
EditionReprint
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.6 Pounds
Length7.9 Inches
Width5.3 Inches
Height0.8 Inches
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