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    <![CDATA[Apologies Forthcoming]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>From the Publisher</strong>: A totally illuminating collection of stories centered around China's cultural revolution and its aftermath, which, as we learn, continues even today. Xujun Eberlein lived in China during that tumultuous period and now makes her home in America. This, her first story collection, is both disturbing and enthralling.]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[Xujun Eberlein]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[historical fiction,  Asia, excellent short stories,  China]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This impressive collection of short stories gives the reader a glimpse into the world of China’s Cultural Revolution and its legacy. Reformed Red Guards, city kids “inserted” in impoverished farming villages, educated women looking for love with men who find them “too high to reach,” all g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29054834">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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