Under the Hawthorn Tree - Softcover

Mi, Ai

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887842917 ISBN 13: 9780887842917

Publisher: House of Anansi Pr, 2011

Synopsis

During the Cultural Revolution, Jingqiu is sent to the countryside as part of Mao's re-education program and falls in love with Jianxin despite their opposing social backgrounds, but their romance is cut short by fate.

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Review

"The stuff of Romeo and Juliet . . . This book should be read." -- "Globe and Mail"

"Moving." -- "Financial Times"

"The novel is rewarding for its spare prose and subtle treatment of conflicts, quarrels, racial ambiguities and acts of transcendent heroism woven into the story . . . There are doomed love stories, amid the tragedies, but they are dawn from a deeper well and speak to the persistence of humanity in the grimmest of circumstances." -- "The Guardian"
The stuff of Romeo and Juliet . . . This book should be read. "Globe and Mail"
Moving. "Financial Times"
The novel is rewarding for its spare prose and subtle treatment of conflicts, quarrels, racial ambiguities and acts of transcendent heroism woven into the story . . . There are doomed love stories, amid the tragedies, but they are dawn from a deeper well and speak to the persistence of humanity in the grimmest of circumstances. "The Guardian""
The stuff of Romeo and Juliet . . . This book should be read. Globe and Mail
Moving. Financial Times
The novel is rewarding for its spare prose and subtle treatment of conflicts, quarrels, racial ambiguities and acts of transcendent heroism woven into the story . . . There are doomed love stories, amid the tragedies, but they are dawn from a deeper well and speak to the persistence of humanity in the grimmest of circumstances. The Guardian"

About the Author

Ai Mi: Ai Mi is a pseudonym. She lives in the United States, and grew up in China.

Edition details

• Publisher: House of Anansi Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0887842917
• ISBN 13: 9780887842917
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352