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Grass Soup by Zhang Xianliang
From skeleton jottings he wrote at the time, the author reconstructs life in a labour reform camp in the 1960s. A fascinating insight into Chinese life and thinking as well as a record of endurance beyond belief and against all odds.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 3 May 2000 )