Red Peonies

Red Peonies

Author: Zhang Yihe

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2017-02-28

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 0824874099

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Red Peonies: Two Novellas of China is the first translation in English of two of the books written by Zhang Yihe about women she met and befriended in prison. The subjects of her stories have been described as “beautiful women who wielded magic power over men. They were like jealous evil spirits, vengeful treacherous persons—countless snakes coiled around other people.” Zhang Yihe was fifteen in 1957, the year her father was declared an enemy of the People’s Republic of China. Denounced as the nation’s Number One Rightist, he was persecuted by Chairman Mao. Zhang herself was arrested at age twenty-eight and sentenced to twenty-one years in a remote labor prison. While in the women’s prison, she came to know the other inmates, most of whom were from farms and lacked education. In 2011, at age seventy, she began to write and publish her fictionalized accounts of some of the women. The novellas were quickly censored in China, but have become widely popular in pirated, unexpurgated editions in the PRC, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Zhang Yihe is now an outspoken advocate of free expression. Red Peonies contains the first two novellas in Zhang’s projected series of ten. Never before translated into English, the works are powerfully written, tender, and sorrowful. They bring to life the stories of Chinese women caught in the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution. This volume includes the work of Xing Danwen, an internationally known artist based in Beijing.


Bulletin

Bulletin

Author: Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration

Publisher:

Published: 1924

Total Pages: 966

ISBN-13:

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The Red Glutton

The Red Glutton

Author: Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

Publisher: Classic Publishers

Published: 1915

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13:

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High quality reprint of The Red Glutton: Impressions of War Written at and near the Front by Irvin S. Cobb.


Hugh MacDiarmid

Hugh MacDiarmid

Author: Hugh MacDiarmid

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 2006-04

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780811217811

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This volume includes the full texts of In Memoriam James Joyce, Three Hymns to Lenin, and The Kind of Poetry I Want. Included are long poems and intense lyrics.


China Bayles' Book of Days

China Bayles' Book of Days

Author: Susan Wittig Albert

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-10-03

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1440627258

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A treasury of recipes, crafts, gardening tips, and more from the national bestselling author of the China Bayles series—a great gift for both mystery fans and herb & craft enthusiasts! Readers of the China Bayles mystery novels are familiar with the usefulness and wonder of the many herbs the amateur sleuth sells in her beloved Thyme and Seasons shop. Compiled by national bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert at the request of her fans, China Bayles' Book of Days gathers together tidbits and treasures about plants and reveals ways you can put more green into your daily life. Featuring 365 days of recipes, crafts, gardening tips, remedies, and more, this special volume is a personal calendar of the legends and lore of herbs and also features brand-new essays from the author, clues from China's mysteries, and some special contributions by the irrepressible members of the Myra Merryweather Herb Guild, Pecan Springs's oldest civic organization.