Beskrivning
"As a child in 1970s Beijing, Lai lives with her family in a lively, working-class neighborhood. A gifted student, she wins a scholarship to study at Peking University, and soon falls in with a theatrical band of individualists -- and a new world opens before her. When student resistance hardens under the increasingly restrictive policies of the state, the group gets swept up in the fervor, joining the masses of demonstrators and dreamers who display remarkable courage and loyalty in the face of danger. As 1989 unfolds, the spirit of change is in the air... Drawn from her own life, Lai Wen's novel is a universal yet intimate story of youth and self-discovery that plays out against the backdrop of a watershed historic event. Tiananmen Square captures the hope and idealism of a new generation and the lasting price they were willing to pay in the name of freedom"