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Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution
56 pp.
| Groundwood |
October, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-88899-489-3$16.95
(2)
4-6
Zhang circumscribes his account of China's Cultural Revolution within the limitations of his own experience and without hindsight: "All I wanted was to be just like the other kids." The tone is a little detached, but the book's real power is in its theatrically composed and richly inked digital paintings. Lengthy appended material fills in the history around Zhang's story.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2005