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Brushstrokes in Time

Brushstrokes in Time

Author(s): Sylvia Vetta

Location(s): Beijing (Peking)

Genre(s): Historical, Fiction

Era(s): Cultural Revolution of China

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“This is the book I struggled not to write. I buried the pain along with my Chinese name and changed my fate.”

This is a fictional memoir by Chinese artist, Little Winter, who tries to re-establish the bond with her American daughter, telling the story of her emotional and rebellious past. While growing up in Communist China, Little Winter joins ‘The Stars’ art movement for freedom of speech in an era where self-expression and love was a dangerous act.

Little Winter and her haunting love story connects us to a time of hope for freedom, and to a man frustrated by being kept in small shoes.

Based on real life events.

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Author: EmmabBooks

This is the fascinating story of Xiadong (English = Little Winter) who grew up in China in Chairman Mao Zedong / Tse-tung’s era, when expressing individual thoughts could result in imprisonment and death. Although...

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