From a rising literary star, an epic historical novel, set against
the tense backdrop of the Long March and Mao's rise to power, that
tells a powerful and moving story of two ordinary peopleChina,
1934: A naive orphan and shy gunsmith, Ping, has fallen in love
with Yong, who is a sophisticated veteran, a skilled marksman, and
a true believer in Marxist ideology. Winning her affections will
take an ideological battle-something he does not understand. To
make matters worse, Yong has shown interest in Ping's best friend,
Luo. On the eve of a great Communist defeat, Ping sabotages Luo's
rifle, causing the bullet to backfire into his friend's head. The
army begins its year-long retreat, known as The Long March, and
Yong turns to Ping for comfort and companionship. Ping deeply
regrets killing his friend, and as his relationship with Yong
blossoms, he is saddened that it will always be colored by guilt.
Yong soon becomes pregnant. She hates the way the baby inside is
changing her, both physically and emotionally. The Red Army can't
retreat with a crying infant, so they need to find someone close to
take the baby in. Ping and Yong leave their son with a woman,
promising to return once the war is won. When World War II breaks
out and Japanese soldiers arrive, their 12-year-old son decides to
enlist in the Japanese army to find his parents, though he quickly
begins to fear for his life . . . Deeply moving and brilliantly
written, Michael X. Wang's Lost in the Long March is an exploration
of how the history of a country is always its people, though their
stories are often the first to be lost.
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