What book could you read over and over again?
“I was born in southern China in 1962, in the tiny town of Yellow Stone. They called it the Year of Great Starvation.”
In 1962, as millions of Chinese citizens were gripped by Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution and the Red Guards enforced a brutal regime of communism, a boy was born to a poor family in southern China.
Chen’s family, once respected in the village of Yellow Stone. Now, were among the least fortunate families in the country. The Chens belonged to the landlord class, despised for their “capitalist” past. Grandpa Chen couldn’t leave the house for fear of being beaten to death; the children were spit upon in the street; and their father was regularly hauled off to labor camps, leaving the family of eight without a breadwinner.
Da Chen, the youngest child, seemed destined for a life of poverty, shame, and hunger. But winning humor and an indomitable spirit can be found in the most unexpected places.
Colors of the Mountain is a story of triumph, a memoir of a boyhood full of spunk, mischief, and love. The young Da Chen is part Horatio Alger, part Holden Caul-field; he befriends a gang of young hoodlums as well as the elegant, elderly Chinese Baptist woman who teaches him English and opens the door to a new life. Chen’s remarkable story is full of unforgettable scenes of rural Chinese life: feasting on oysters and fried peanuts on New Year’s Day, studying alongside classmates who wear red armbands and quote Mao, and playing and working in the peaceful rice fields near his village.
Despite this background of poverty and danger, Da Chen grows up to be resilient, tough, and funny, learning how to defend himself and how to work toward his future.
Da Chen’s story is both captivating and endearing, filled with the universal human quality that distinguishes the very best memoirs. It proves once again that the concerns of childhood transcend time and place.
Colors of the Mountain is a classic story of triumph over adversity a memoir of a boyhood full of spunk, mischief, and love, and a welcome introduction to an amazing young writer.
By the final pages, when he says his last goodbyes to his father and boards the bus to Beijing to attend college, Da Chen has become a hopeful man astonishing in his resilience and cheerful strength.
Colors of the Mountain: A Memoir by Da Chen (cf., 粉碎四人帮)
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Hebrews 5:11-14
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