tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121649472180371405.post6755932130840408895..comments2024-01-07T00:08:50.346-06:00Comments on Literary License (short reviews, real opinions): Gwen Dawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802377594686973300noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121649472180371405.post-21659512021138449792008-07-27T18:16:00.000-05:002008-07-27T18:16:00.000-05:00Thanks for the great recommendations!Thanks for the great recommendations!Gwen Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802377594686973300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121649472180371405.post-91391365049513452512008-07-26T21:03:00.000-05:002008-07-26T21:03:00.000-05:00Not fiction, but a fascinating and hilarious memoi...Not fiction, but a fascinating and hilarious memoir I recommend: Red China Blues, by Jan Wong. Amazing 1st person account of a Canadian-Chinese who studied in China during the Cultural Revolution and who revisited China over the decades. Wong is a great writer and dramatically shows how living in China both brainwashed her and made her skeptical about politics. Here's <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/interviews/wong.html" REL="nofollow">an interview she did with Frontline PBS </A>. Of course, this is nonfiction, but her story is still a lot of fun. (She studied in Beijing as a student in the 1970s and visited there several times).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121649472180371405.post-57935912892876607822008-07-26T07:22:00.000-05:002008-07-26T07:22:00.000-05:00I recommend Geling Yan's work and encourage anyone...I recommend Geling Yan's work and encourage anyone interested in finding out more about it to go to her website, www.redroom.com/author/geling-yanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121649472180371405.post-34969460456754244862008-07-25T13:32:00.000-05:002008-07-25T13:32:00.000-05:00The Last Empress was great!The Last Empress was great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com