Morning Sun: Interviews with Chinese Writers of the Lost Generation (Columbia University Seminar Series) (Studies on Contemporary China)

"This is a collection of interviews with 26 writers of China's "zhiqing" generation, relatively young artists who participated in the Cultural Revolution as teen-age Red Guards, suffered through the subsequent rustication of intellectual youth, and eventually returned to relatively normal lives, but always with a tragic hiatus haunting their formative years. While one goal of Professor Leung is to introduce to the West an important group of writers little-known outside China, she also aims to succeed, through the interviews, in providing a special perspective on the devastating political history of China since the 1970s years through the eyes of its keenest observers and in offering a perspective on the social, political and cultural milieu of the period."--Publisher's description Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Interviews Map: China Chen Cun: Half a Muslim Chen Jiangong: A Coal Miner with Black Humor Cheng Naishan: Banker's Daughter Deng Gang: Fruit of the Sea Hu Ping: A Social Investigator Kong Jiesheng: A Cantonese Writer Lao Gui: Old Ghost Li Hangyu: Seeking "Roots" along the "Gechuan River" Li Ping: Challenging Writer of Red Guard Fiction Liang Xiaosheng: Affirming the Great Barren North Lu Tianming: A Volunteer to Xinjiang Lu Xing'er: Awakening Woman Mo Yan: Creator of the Red Sorghum Series Shi Tiesheng: Wheelchair Humanist Tie Ning: A Writer of Sensitivity Wang Anyi: Restless Explorer Wang Xiaoying: An Autobiography Yet to Be Written Wang Zhaojun: Survivor of the Great Leap Forward Ye Xin: Popular Realist Zhang Chengzhi: Not Like Other Writers Zhang Kangkang: Sensing the Trends Zhang Shengyou: Probing the Nation's Troubles Zheng Wanlong: Seeking Gold Zheng Yi: Well Digging and Root Searching Zhu Lin: Negating Rustication Zhu Xiaoping: A Rebellious Gilded Youth Afterword Appendix A: Chronology of Important Events Since 1949 Appendix B: Political and Other Terms Appendix C: Biographical Notes Appendix D: Plot Summaries of Interviewed Writers' Works Appendix E: Suggested Reading Glossary Index A collection of interviews with 26 writers of China's "zhiqing" generation, relatively young artists who participated in the Cultural Revolution. It aims to provide a perspective on the devastating political history of China since the 1970s through the eyes of its keenest observers.