Purple Hibiscus [Chinese]

By QI MA MAN DA· EN GE ZI· A DI QI WEN JING

He poured scalding water slowly over my feet as if he was conducting an experiment. When I was a kid, the hibiscus flowers in the front yard were all red. Pinned to the wall was a schedule drawn by my dad, with quotas for study, lunch breaks, meals, prayers, and bedtime. From second to fifth grade, every time we made a mistake, my dad sent my brother and me to break a tree branch. We would always choose the pine tree because its branches were more resilient and didn't hurt as much as the branches of the rock catalpa and avocado when we hit them. But this time, there were no branches in the bathroom, just a green kettle for boiling water ...... Other people say that Dad was ï¿1/2righteous and braveï¿1/2. During the Nigerian coup, Papa editorialized in the newspaper that he would never stop writing about freedom and truth. Kambili, a fifteen-year-old girl, also wants to plant a purple hibiscus that holds the breath of freedom.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Chinese
• ISBN: 7544799271
• ISBN13: 9787544799270
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Yi Lin Chu Ban She