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Title:Colors of the Mountain
Author:Da Chen
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Deluxe Edition
Pages:Pages: 320 pages
Published:January 16th 2001 by Anchor Books (first published January 1st 1999)
Categories:Cultural. China. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Asia. History

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Colors of the Mountain is a classic story of triumph over adversity, a memoir of a boyhood full of spunk, mischief, and love, and a welcome introduction to an amazing young writer. Da Chen was born in 1962, in the Year of Great Starvation. Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution engulfed millions of Chinese citizens, and the Red Guard enforced Mao's brutal communist regime. Chen's family belonged to the despised landlord class, and his father and grandfather were routinely beaten and sent to labor camps, the family of eight left without a breadwinner. Despite this background of poverty and danger, and Da Chen grows up to be resilient, tough, and funny, learning how to defend himself and how to work toward his future. By the final pages, when his says his last goodbyes to his father and boards the bus to Beijing to attend college, Da Chen has become a hopeful man astonishing in his resilience and cheerful strength.

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Original Title: Colors of the Mountain
ISBN: 0385720602 (ISBN13: 9780385720601)
Edition Language: English

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Ratings: 3.97 From 2383 Users | 214 Reviews

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Maybe I have read too many Cultural Revolution memoirs, and perhaps Da Chen's success in the U. S. was revealed way too soon, but I was disappointed in both the writing and the lack of suspense. This book is used as a One Book, One College and on this level it has merit. What he had to do to obtain an education and learn English is certainly something most Western students take for granted. And as the youngest in his family he saw his siblings become older than their years working on the farm

This was a fascinating read. Really engaging and so interesting to read something from a totally new and different perspective. It gave a good perspective of life in China at the end of Chairman Mao's life and the awful impact his regime had on people. A great autobiographical read.

easy to read and well written and the vivid descriptions of people and places were really brought to life. You really invested, not only in the protaganist (though you knew he was going to do well!) but in all his family and friends. A story of real hope and inspiration and a small insight into life in China under Chairman Mao and just afterwards....

easy to read and well written and the vivid descriptions of people and places were really brought to life. You really invested, not only in the protaganist (though you knew he was going to do well!) but in all his family and friends. A story of real hope and inspiration and a small insight into life in China under Chairman Mao and just afterwards....

I met the author, Da Chen while waiting on a flight in LAX. He was seated next to me in the gate house for Delta Air Lines, heading out to Atlanta, Ga. He was extraordinarily polite as he took the seat next to me and I was impressed. He got up and returned once and again was very polite. Being southern 'old school' I took pleasure in his gentlemanly behavior. We then became occupied quietly,involved in our own reading. I observed him editing a large amount of printed word, and after a while

There's not much to say other than this book is beautiful and wholesome. You can tell Da Chen poured himself in to it - it is charmingly personable with youthful angst complete with swearing and smoking in one sentence followed by pure poetry in the next. My favourite line of the book describes the sound of the ocean...'The rhythm of its waters sounded like an old man telling an ancient legend as the waves lazily washed against the shore. I listened to the tale until I fell into a dreamless

I thought this novel was very truthful and I feel as if I am inside the novel and experiencing Da's challenges. I thought the story and Da and his friends is very inspiring and inspires me to work as hard as Da did to enter a college and succeed in life.