El Pequeno Guardia Rojo (Spanish, Paperback)

In this vivid, humorous autobiography, Wenguang Huang recounts his coming of age in the 1970s in Xi'an, in central China, during the country's Cultural Revolution. When he was nine years old, his grandmother became obsessed with her own death and with the funeral rites that would grant her eternal peace. Terrified by the thought of cremation--obligatory in communist China--she made her family promise to bury her in her native village. Huang's father gathered what little savings he had and built a coffin, appointing Huang, his oldest son, as coffin keeper--a responsibility that meant, among other things, sleeping next to the coffin at night. Over the next 20 years, even as profound social and political changes gripped the country, the Huang family diligently planned the funeral. In this memoir of the last three decades of the 20th century, Huang, a translator and journalist who ultimately immigrated to the United States, paints a portrait of a society caught between ancient traditions and a radical push for modernization of the Maoist regime. As he recounts his own family's story, Huang offers illuminating insights into the contradictions that make up modern China.

General

Imprint:	Libros del Asteroide S.L.U.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	November 2014
Authors:	Wenguang Huang
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-84-15-62528-5
Languages:	Spanish
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	84-15-62528-6
Barcode:	9788415625285

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