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Fact in Fiction - 1920s China and Ba Jin's Family (Paperback)
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Fact in Fiction - 1920s China and Ba Jin's Family (Paperback)
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Historical novels can be windows into other cultures and eras, but
it's not always clear what's fact and what's fiction. Thousands
have read Ba Jin's influential novel Family, but few realize how
much he shaped his depiction of 1920s China to suit his story and
his politics. In Fact in Fiction, Kristin Stapleton puts Ba Jin's
bestseller into full historical context, both to illustrate how it
successfully portrays human experiences during the 1920s and to
reveal its historical distortions. Stapleton's attention to
historical evidence and clear prose that directly addresses themes
and characters from Family create a book that scholars, students,
and general readers will enjoy. She focuses on Chengdu, China, Ba
Jin's birthplace and the setting for Family, which was also a
cultural and political center of western China. The city's richly
preserved archives allow Stapleton to create an intimate portrait
of a city that seemed far from the center of national politics of
the day but clearly felt the forces of-and contributed to-the
turbulent stream of Chinese history.
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