Tiger Girl (Hu Nu): A Creative Memoir

by Lien Chao

Book Overview

Born in the Year of the Tiger, Hu Nu, unwanted female child, is nearly given away as a one-year-old bride in a Chinese village. She grows up during the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, when traditional values are challenged by the politicized young, and nonconformity is repressed with brutal humiliation, examples of which she witnesses daily in her neighbourhood and in her school. Hu Nu joins the Red Guard movement more out of fear than conviction,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0920661939
• ISBN13: 9780920661932
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Tsar Publications
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"