Description
After a long and difficult trek from the north, the Lu family is finally reunited in Kunming. Yet the war is not yet done with them, and in the furnace of a country driven to the edge, danger still prowls the very skies above them.
Disoriented in unfamiliar surroundings, and abandoned by a crumbling state, they do their best to rebuild some semblance of a normal life amid the hardships of rural living and the constant Japanese bombing raids.
And yet, despite the myriad challenges they face, the rugged beauty of Yunnan province's deep blue skies and the kaleidoscopic colours of the flowers blooming as far as the eye can see still make a deep impression on them that even the trials and tribulations of war cannot expunge.
In the struggle to survive, the youngest of the Lu's, May and Kiddo, must take on burdens meant for someone much older, all the while trying to piece together a shattered childhood.
Meanwhile, for those family members, friends and colleagues left behind in Beiping, life proves insufferable and, in some cases, fatal.
In times of war, sacrifices must be made to hold families together and defend a fractured nation...
About the Author
Zong Pu is an mutli-talented author of prose, novels, fairy tales, short stories and more, having won multiple awards including the National Outstanding Short Story Award and the Outstanding Prose Prize. Imbued with the spiritual connotations of tradition, philosophy and culture combined with western humanistic ideology, her work embodies a unique artistic temperament and an elegant style.
Awards
Winner of Mao Dun Literature Prize 2005.
Book Information
ISBN 9781910760352
Author Pu Zong
Format Paperback
Page Count 478
Imprint Sinoist Books
Publisher ACA Publishing Limited
