As a teenager in 1950s China, Kang Zhengguo lived for a time with his grandparents in a magical-sounding compound called Silent Garden, quietly feeding his literary passions, even decorating his room with "the accoutrements of an elegant scholarly study." But, as Kang chronicles in this affecting...
The Personal Is Political.
As a teenager in 1950s China, Kang Zhengguo lived for a time with his grandparents in a magical-sounding compound called Silent Garden, quietly feeding his literary passions, even decorating his room with "the accoutrements of an elegant scholarly study." But, as Kang chronicles in this affecting...