Brushstrokes in Time - Softcover

Vetta, Sylvia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910461091 ISBN 13: 9781910461099

Publisher: Claret Press, 2016

Synopsis

This superbly researched and beautifully told fictional memoir is about love, art, and Chinese history and politics.

"This is the book I struggled not to write. I buried the pain along with my Chinese name and changed my fate."

Brushstrokes in Time is the fictional memoir of Chinese artist Little Winter, who tries to re-establish the bond with her American daughter, telling the story of her emotional and rebellious past. While growing up in Communist China, Little Winter discovers talent and rebellion, joining ‘The Stars’ art movement for freedom of speech in an era where self-expression and love was a dangerous act.

Little Winter and her haunting love story connects us to a time of hope for freedom, and to a man frustrated by being kept in small shoes.

Based on real life events.

About this title

Product Description:

This memoir of fictional Chinese artist, Little Winter, is written for her American daughter. It takes the story of Communist China beyond the death of Mao and for the first time in fiction shows the birth of the radical art movement, The Stars, in 1979. Her haunting love story connects us to this time of hope for freedom of expression in China, and to a man frustrated by 'being kept in small shoes'. Superbly researched and beautifully told, this story brings to life recent Chinese history and explains Chinese politics.

Review:

‘Weaving real events and Stars artists (including Ai WeiWei) with the fictional, this moving story shines a light on the internal workings of China and gives us an engaging heroine who rises above oppression to discover love, hope and success.’ Frank Sieren, Asia Expert

‘Moving but never mawkish... A deeply informed portrayal of the little-known but important Stars Arts Movement.’ Prof Maria Jaschok, Oxford University

About this edition

• Publisher: Claret Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1910461091
• ISBN 13: 9781910461099
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204