Spider Eaters by Rae Yang (1998, Paperback, Reprint) 
Spider Eaters by Rae Yang (1998, Paperback, Reprint)

 
Spider Eaters by Rae Yang (1998, Paperback, Reprint)

Author: Rae Yang
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Publication Date: 1998-11-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0520215982
ISBN-13: 9780520215986
Product ID: EPID1094900
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Publication Date:1998-11-01
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Length:312 pages
Height:9.3 in
Width:6.3 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:16.8 oz

Publisher's Note
Spider Eaters is at once a moving personal story, a fascinating family history, and a unique chronicle of political upheaval told by a Chinese woman who came of age during the turbulent years of the Cultural Revolution. With stunning honesty and a lively, sly humor, Rae Yang records her life from her early years as the daughter of Chinese diplomats in Switzerland, to her girlhood at an elite middle school in Beijing, to her adolescent experience as a Red Guard and later as a laborer on a pig farm in the remote northern wilderness. She tells of her eventual disillusionment with the Maoist revolution, how remorse and despair drove her almost to suicide, and how she struggled to make sense of conflicting events that often blurred the line between victim and victimizer, aristocrat and peasant, communist and counterrevolutionary. Moving gracefully between past and present, dream and reality, the author artfully conveys the vast complexity of life in China as well as the richness, confusion, and magic of her own inner life and struggle. Much of the power of the narrative derives from Yang's multi-generational, cross-class perspective. She invokes the myths, legends, folklore, and local customs that surrounded her and brings to life the many people who were instrumental in her life: her nanny, a poor woman who raised her from a baby and whose character is conveyed through the bedtime tales she spins; her father; her beloved grandmother, who died as a result of the political persecution she suffered. Spanning the years from 1950 to 1980, Rae Yang's story is evocative, complex, and told with striking candor. It is one of the most immediate and engaging narratives of life in post-1949 China.

Industry Reviews
"Yang is an impressive writer whose stirring memoir makes an important contribution to the growing mountain on Mao's revolution and legacy."
San Francisco Chronicle Book Review - Marya Grambs (04/27/1997)

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