Cries in the Drizzle 李锐 “Guys with wacky hair who

“Guys with wacky hair who promise a great deal have been springing up in our part of the world like mushrooms after rain

民國25年轉任浙江大學教授，創辦浙江大學史地系和史地研究

and claimed by Beijing as a rogue province―merely the latest chapters in its long history as a refuge for pirates

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*As heard on NPR’s All Things Considered*

Cries in the Drizzle 李锐 “Guys with wacky hair whoYu Huas beautiful, heartbreaking novel Cries in the Drizzle follows a young Chinese boy throughout his childhood and adolescence during the reign of Chairman Mao. The middle son of three, Sun Guanglin is constantly neglected ignored by his parents and his younger and older brother. Sent away at age six to live with another family, he returns to his parents house six years later on the same night that their home burns to the ground, making him even