Colors of the mountain
(Book)
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Published
New York : Anchor Books, 2001.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
951.05092 CHEN
1 available
951.05092 CHEN
1 available
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Published
New York : Anchor Books, 2001.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
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Da Chen was born in 1962, in the Year of Great Starvation. Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution engulfed millions of Chinese citizens, and the Red Guard enforced Mao's brutal communist regime. Chen's family belonged to the despised landlord class, and his father and grandfather were routinely beaten and sent to labor camps, the family of eight left without a breadwinner. Despite this background of poverty and danger, and Da Chen grows up to be resilient, tough, and funny, learning how to defend himself and how to work toward his future. By the final pages, when his says his last goodbyes to his father and boards the bus to Beijing to attend college, Da Chen has become a hopeful man astonishing in his resilience and cheerful strength. -- from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Chen, D. (2001). Colors of the mountain (First Anchor books edition.). Anchor Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chen, Da, 1962-2019. 2001. Colors of the Mountain. Anchor Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chen, Da, 1962-2019. Colors of the Mountain Anchor Books, 2001.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Chen, Da. Colors of the Mountain First Anchor books edition., Anchor Books, 2001.
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