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Author	Yang, Rae, 1950-
Title	Spider eaters : a memoir / Rae Yang.
Publication Info.	Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 2	951 Y	IN LIBRARY

Edition	Fifteen Anniversary ed., with a new preface.
Description	xvii, 285 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents	A strange gift from the pig farm -- Old monkey monster -- Nainai's story turned into a nightmare -- Nainai failed her ancestors -- Why did Father join the revolution? -- Second uncle was a paper tiger -- The Chinese CIA -- When famine hit -- A vicious girl -- Aunty's name was Chastity -- Beijing 101 Middle School -- The hero of my dreams -- At the center of the storm -- Red guards had no sex -- Semi-transparent nights -- "The hero, once departed, will never come back" -- In a village, think, feel and be a peasant -- "The tree may wish to stand still, but the wind will not subside" -- Death of a hero: Nainai's last story -- Remorse -- Friends and others -- My first love, a big mistake? -- What have I lost? What have I gained?
Subject	China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Personal narratives.
	Yang family.
	Beijing (China) -- Biography.
	Yang, Rae, 1950-
ISBN	0520276027
	9780520276024

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