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The wrenching saga of a patriotic Communist family in China. This is the personal account of Zhu Xiao Di, born in Nanjing in 1958, the son of idealistic, educated parents. At the heart of this narrative are the trials of a family caught in the crosscurrents of history--from the early attractions of the Communist revolution to the national disaster that followed and the subsequent odyssey of recovery. 24 illustrations.

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title:Thirty Years in a Red House : A Memoir of Childhood and Youth in Communist China
author:Zhu, Xiao Di.
publisher:University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin:1558491120
print isbn13:9781558491120
ebook isbn13:9780585084329
language:English
subjectZhu, Xiao Di,--1958- , China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Personal narratives.
publication date:1998
lcc:DS778.7.Z48 1998eb
ddc:951.05/6
subject:Zhu, Xiao Di,--1958- , China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Personal narratives.
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Thirty Years in a Red House
A Memoir of Childhood and Youth in Communist China
Zhu Xiao Di
Foreword by Ross Terrill
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS AMHERST
Page iv
Copyright 1998 by Zhu Xiao Di All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
LC 97-15886
ISBN 1-55849-112-0
Designed by Richard Hendel
Set in Minion and Lithos types by Keystone Typesetting, Inc.
Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Library of Congress
Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zhu, Xiao Di, 1958
Thirty years in a red house: a memoir of childhood and youth in Communist China / Zhu Xiao Di; foreword by Ross Terrill.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-55849-112-0
1. Zhu, Xiao Di, 1958- . 2. China
HistoryCultural Revolution, 1966-1969
Personal narratives. I. Title.
DS778.7.Z48Picture 31998
951.05'6dc21
[B]Picture 4Picture 5Picture 6Picture 797-15886
Picture 8Picture 9Picture 10Picture 11CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
This book is published with the support and cooperation of the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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Contents
Foreword by Ross Terrill
ix
Acknowledgments
xiii
Chapter One
Picture 12
A Long-Awaited Son
1
Picture 13
Father as a Young Rebel
5
Picture 14
My Nanny
9
Picture 15
A Nice Neighborhood
12
Picture 16
Preoccupied Parents
15
Picture 17
Once upon a Time
19
Picture 18
Seven "Grandmas" and Ten "Grandpas"
22
Chapter Two
Picture 19
My First Year in School
25
Picture 20
Values Coming from Picture Books
29
Picture 21
The Gathering Winds of the Storm
33
Picture 22
Red Guards at Home
38
Picture 23
"Good" Reasons against "Bad" People
43
Picture 24
Behind the Bedroom Door
46
Picture 25
The Early Storm Barely Hits Our Family
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