- Mao Dun Literature Prize 2005 · Winner
Eastern Concealment
东藏记 · Dong cang ji
Zong Pu (宗璞, born 1928)
Translated by Wen Lingxia
English editions
In EnglishEastern Concealment
Sinoist Books · United Kingdom · 19 October 2019 · Paperback · 478 pages
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In this second part of a longer saga, which also stands alone, history professor Meng Yue, his wife Lü Bichu, their daughters and nearly a hundred friends and colleagues are scholars who have fled south from Beijing during the war with Japan, carrying university life on in the southwest. Reunited in Kunming after a hard journey, the family tries to rebuild an ordinary life amid rural hardship and constant Japanese bombing, while the youngest children take on burdens far beyond their years. Yunnan's deep blue skies and fields of flowers leave a lasting mark on them, while those left behind in Beiping find life there unbearable.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- War, Family, Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- China
- Series
- Ye hulu yin, book 2
- First published
- 2001 by People's Literature Publishing House
- Author's age
- 73 when first published
- ISBN
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9781910760352 (Sinoist Books, United Kingdom)