Red Azalea
by Anchee Min
Taste attributes: biographydocumentarypoliticalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancecoming of agelove conquers all
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, emotional biography, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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About This Book
Red Azalea is the story of a young woman's emotional and political education in the last years of Mao's China. Born in Shanghai in 1957 Anchee Min, as a member of the Little Red Guards, was asked to betray and publicly humiliate a beloved teacher. At seventeen she was sent to work at a labor collective, the Red Fire Farm, where her education in fear, deprivation, and hardship continued.
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- Author
- Anchee Min
- Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 280
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- Open Library
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