Cries in the drizzle : a novel
Hua Yu (Author), Allan Hepburn Barr (Translator)
This novel depicts a family's life in the Zhejiang province of Maoist China during the 1970s. At both the core and outskirts of the family is narrator Sun Guanglin, a middle son who is given up for adoption and returns, five years later at age 12, after tragedy befalls his adoptive family. The narrative flits between time and space to create the landscape of Sun Guanglin's youth
Print Book, English, 2007
Anchor Books, New York, 2007