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    <body><![CDATA[Each story on its own is well-written and powerful.  All of the stories express the conflicts of villagers living in communist China.  Most of the stories are gruesome and violent and involve bad fortune or outside forces  imposing on individual lives.  While these common threads make Under the Red ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40618876">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[well written. very depressing.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book to be strange but interesting, since the author began his tale by telling us a short story of how prositution was consider illegal. The &quot;new country&quot; which is the Communist China began to change so many things were expanding. The poor farmers were still poor but the rich ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40333490">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Under the Red Flag is a group of short stories from author Ha Jin about a village under the rule of Communism and the hand of the People's Liberation Army in China. I remember that these Honor driven stories are violent and at times dark. While my particular recollections of these stories are a bit ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11887375">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this while working design hack work at the University of Georgia Press.  I used to read all of their books as I scanned in photos, made copies and various other grunt work.  I was completely taken aback by how powerful these stories are.  Jin manages to chronicle the horrors of the Cultural Rev...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38760288">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[While reading 1997's Pushcart Prize collection, I came across Ha Jin's short story &quot;Man-to-Be,&quot; which is a surprisingly beautiful and empathetic parable about a militiaman who attempts to participate in the gang rape of a local woman but loses his nerve after looking her in the eyes.  If i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23828024">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book as I did his other, The Bridgegroom: Stories.  It's an easy-to-follow read, simple, composed of several unrelated short stories.  Although pretty shocking and depressing with its upfront sexual violence and controversial social behavior, I did like the shock value and the flow of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21328836">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Tthis is a  fine collection of short<br/>stories by one of my favorite Chinese<br/>authors. He writes from the standpoint<br/>of a person living in a village during<br/>the cultural revolution.<br/>Many of the stories are disturbing and<br/>I believe are meant to be so. Tthey<br/>give a hint ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12576603">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is simplicity itself. There are no gimmicks or theatrics here. The writing is lucid; the ideas luminous.]]></body>
    
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