LEADER 03570oam 22005172a 450 001 9910495964803321 005 20230828214920.0 010 $a0-520-91744-8 010 $a0-585-07026-1 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520917446 035 $a(CKB)111054828793286 035 $a(MH)006494119-1 035 $a(DE-B1597)648176 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520917446 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111054828793286 100 $a19950816d1996 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe attic$ememoir of a Chinese landlord's son /$fGuanlong Cao ; translated by Guanlong Cao and Nancy Moskin$b[electronic resource] 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d1996 215 $a1 online resource (vi, 245 p. ) 300 $aTranslation from Chinese. 311 $a0-520-20406-9 311 $a0-520-20405-0 327 $tMemory of the belly --$tThe Bodhisattva's toes --$tBath --$tThe Penglai market --$tThe temple of the letters --$tAnecdotes about the roof --$tGoing to the Great World --$tTaxi hopping --$tSizzling grease --$tPigs' heads --$tSheep fat soap --$tRotten fruit --$tFather was old --$tCrystal radio --$tThe culture of killing --$tThe milk incident --$tRelocation --$tAutomotive school --$tMr. Lu --$tThe pursuit of oil --$tChopsticks --$tSweet potatoes --$tDentist herb --$tBean dregs paste --$tWet dream --$tShovel-shaped fences --$tBao changed --$tThe sadness of the Phoenix fish --$tTravel pass and wheat flour --$tCricoid cartilage --$tRubber plantation --$tMy injury --$tI am hunted --$tNo armband --$tI slapped my sister --$tFarewell. 330 $aIn this exquisite memoir, novelist Guanlong Cao sketches the tales of growing up in Shanghai during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution. Forced to the bottom of the Chinese society as "class enemies" because Cao's father was a petty landlord, his family eked out a meager existence in a cramped attic in a tiny corner of Shanghai. Through the eyes of a child growing into a young man, we observe the tenderness, the tragedy, and even the humor of daily life: the endless quest for enough food, children's games and fantasies, sexual stirrings, exile to the countryside, imprisonment, sickness, old age, and death. Political upheavals flicker across the background, occasionally intruding into the lives of this ordinary - and yet utterly extraordinary - family. Reminiscent of the concise style of classical Chinese memoirs, Cao's lean, elegant prose heightens the emotional intensity of his story. Perceptive and humorous, his voice is deeply original. It is a voice that demands to be heard - for the historical moment it captures as well as for the personal revelations it distills. 606 $aAuthors, Chinese$y20th century$vBiography 607 $aChina$xHistory$yCultural Revolution, 1966-1976$vPersonal narratives 608 $aBiographies.$2fast 608 $aHistory.$2fast 608 $aPersonal narratives.$2fast 615 0$aAuthors, Chinese 676 $a951.05/092 676 $aB 700 $aCao$b Guanlong$f1945-$01232553 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910495964803321 996 $aThe attic$92861897 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress