Charles Hong escapes China to settle in Hong Kong in the 1940s, leaving behind his son and eventually reuniting with the boy after the opening of China, only to be drawn into China's freedom movement that led to the massacre at Tiananmen Square...
Cripple Mah, the Innocent, abused ""hero"", is a crippled, poor city boy, anxious to adopt any slogan in order to survive, and his wide-eyed humility sets the book's whole tone. Manoeuvered into marriage by a pregnant, progressive Party Member, Cripp...
Originally published in 1957, The Flower Drum Song was a groundbreaking work of popular literature. An immediate bestseller, it inspired the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. This charming, bittersweet tale of romance and the powerful bonds of...