Colors of the Mountain

Chen, Da

ISBN 10: 0375502882 / ISBN 13: 9780375502880

Published by Random House Inc, 2000

About this Item

Hard Back First Printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Exterior: In brown half cloth with gilt titles, brown paper-wrapped boards with faint discoloration in two areas, gently bumped upper corners; square, tight & solid binding. Page block edges clean, white. Internals: pristine. Jacket unclipped, light rumpling along top edge and spine heel, with mylar cover. Da Chen's story is a story of indomitable courage of childhood, the vitality of a life lived under circumstances we can hardly comprehend--a boy born to a poor family in rural China, at the time of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution with the Red Guards enforcing a brutal regime of communism. An yet, he has some remarkably good memories of his life in rural China. Exterior: In brown half cloth with gilt titles, brown paper-wrapped boards, spotless, square, sharp corners, tight binding. Page block edges clean, white. Jacket unclipped, with mylar cover. 310 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Random House, New York, 2000.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Colors of the Mountain
• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375502882
• ISBN 13: 9780375502880
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • History. China.

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Synopsis

In 1962, as millions of Chinese citizens were gripped by Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution and the Red Guards enforced a brutal regime of communism, a boy was born to a poor family in southern China. Da Chen seemed destined for a life of poverty, shame, and hunger.
But winning humor and an indomitable spirit can be found in the most unexpected places. Colors of the Mountain is a story of triumph, a memoir of a boyhood full of spunk, mischief, and love. The young Da Chen is part Horatio Alger, part Holden Caulfield; he befriends a gang of young hoodlums as well as the elegant, elderly Chinese Baptist woman who teaches him English and opens the door to a new life. Chen's remarkable story is full of unforgettable scenes of rural Chinese life: feasting on oysters and fried peanuts on New Year's Day, studying alongside classmates who wear red armbands and quote Mao, and playing and working in the peaceful rice fields near his village.

About the Author

<br><b>Da Chen</b> is thirty-seven years old and is a graduate of Columbia University Law School, which he attended on full scholarship. A brush calligrapher of considerable spirituality who also plays the classical bamboo flute, he lives in New York's Hudson Valley with his wife and two small children.