![]() ![]() ![]() Neither of them imagines that their daughter’s death will have profound and far-reaching effects, in Muddy River and beyond.Īmong the characters affected are Kai, a beautiful radio announcer who is married to a man from a powerful family Tong, a lonely seven-year-old boy and Nini, a hungry young girl. While Gu Shan’s distraught mother makes bold decisions, her father begins to retreat into memories. Now a political prisoner, she is to be executed for her dissent. In luminous prose, award-winning author Yiyun Li weaves together the lives of unforgettable characters who are forced to make moral choices, and choices for survival, in China in the late 1970s.Īs morning dawns on the provincial city of Muddy River, a spirited young woman, Gu Shan, once a devoted follower of Chairman Mao, has renounced her faith in Communism. ![]()
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