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Just as A Tale of Two Cities portrayed the French Revolution and Doctor Zhivago the Russian Revolution, Sailing across the Red Storm is a deeply moving tale set during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. A love story in the Romeo and Juliet style, this compelling historical novel recounts the suffering and ordeals of a handsome and talented young man, together with his lovers, friends and family, throughout the cataclysm of this revolution. Overcoming these trials, they gain strength from love, friendship and self-sacrifice; they bravely overcome hardship and suffering, striving for hope and a brighter future. Through rich character portrayal and meticulous description, the readers will gain a panoramic view of this huge historic event and insight not only into this turbulent era, but also into the strength of humanity as it shines brightest in the darkness through a period of great terror and misery. Both epic in scope and personal in detail this novel will give a much greater understanding in the West of the momentous time that made up the Cultural Revolution in China.

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Historical romance

Historical fiction

China

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Publié par	Troubador Publishing Ltd
Date de parution	06 décembre 2019
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781838597801
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Copyright © 2020 John Xiao Zhang

The moral right of the author has been asserted.

Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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To the innocent people who died during the social and political upheaval: you did not die in vain. Your sacrifice stirred the conscience of an entire nation. It held up the historical mirror to the survivors, allowing them to learn from the past, preventing any recurrence of this historical tragedy, and beckoning them to find a new way towards a brighter future.
Contents
LIST OF CHARACTERS
PROLOGUE

PART I
Flowers Blooming in the Light of the Full Moon
CHAPTER I
Encounter on a Bus Ride
CHAPTER II
The Hero Saves a Beauty
CHAPTER III
Charming Prince on White Horse
CHAPTER IV
At the River Bank
CHAPTER V
Humiliation in a Distinguished Guest House
CHAPTER VI
A Sweet Holiday

PART II
The Red Storm
CHAPTER I
The Red Sea
CHAPTER II
What Crime Has He Committed?
CHAPTER III
The Red and Black
CHAPTER IV
Home Search and Confiscation
CHAPTER V
A Red Horror
CHAPTER VI
A Farce in the Provincial Party Committee Compound
CHAPTER VII
I Want to Accompany My Mother

PART III
The Red Flood
CHAPTER I
Train Encounter
CHAPTER II
The Crazy Square
CHAPTER III
The Quarrel in the Ward

PART IV
January Storm
CHAPTER I
To Find the Biggest Capitalist Roader out
CHAPTER II
On the Edge of the Cliff
CHAPTER III
I am Politically Blacker than You
CHAPTER IV
We Can no Longer Regard Friends as the Enemy

PART V
A Bloody Storm Sweeps the Divine Land
CHAPTER I
Finding the Capitalist Roader Hiding Behind the Army
CHAPTER II
Back to the Ancient Battlefield
CHAPTER III
In the Rain of Bullets
CHAPTER IV
A Tall Figure in the Smoke

PART VI
Sweep Away All Monsters and Demons
CHAPTER I
Clean Up the Ranks of the Class – the Horrifying Red Terror
CHAPTER II
In the Dark Jail
CHAPTER III
On the Way to the Execution Ground
CHAPTER IV
At the Gates of Hell
CHAPTER V
The Magical Herb

PART VII
In the Days of Exile
CHAPTER I
In the Backcountry
CHAPTER II
Peasants Weeding at Noon, Sweat Down the Field Soon (From an Ancient Chinese Poem)
CHAPTER III
In the Harvest Season
CHAPTER IV
In the Blizzard and Chilliness

PART VIII
‘Escape to Victory’
CHAPTER I
A Political Event that Shocked the Whole Country
CHAPTER II
Why Can’t He Go to University?
CHAPTER III
Life in the Chemical Factory
CHAPTER IV
A Tear-Shedding Wedding

PART IX
Finally the Storm has Passed
CHAPTER I
Dawn on the Horizon
CHAPTER II
Walking Out of the Underclass
CHAPTER III
History Has Proved You Are Innocent
CHAPTER IV
At the Funeral

EPILOGUE
LIST OF CHARACTERS
Main Characters
I. Zhang Feng, the main hero in the story. A handsome and talented young man. He is also called Brother Feng by his lovers and friends. Elder Brother by his close friends . Xiao Feng or Xiao Zhang by his family and people around him who are older than him.
II. His close friends: Wang Hai and Li He
III. His lovers:
A) Yu Mei, daughter of a high ranking officer. (Her name means plum blossom. Her full name is Li Yu Mei. ) She is also called Xiao Mei or Mei Mei by her family and lovers.
B) Dan Dan, a girl from the neighbors of Z hang Feng. ( Her name means peony and her full name is Liu DanDan.)
C) Qing Lian, a classmate of Zhang Feng and an active Red Guard. (Her name means lotus and her full name is Liu Qing Lian. )
IV. His rival: Chang Zheng, son of a military commander of the province, an active Red Guard. (His full name is Zhao Chang Zheng.)
V. His personal and political enemies:
A) Cai Wenge, a classmate of Zhang Feng and an active Red Guard. (He is called Cai Desheng before the Cultural Revolution. His new name Wenge means Cultura Revolution.)
B) Hei Tou, a local hooligan and an active Red Guard. ( His name means a person with a dark coloured head.)
VI. Parents of the main characters:
A) Zhang Wenbo, Zhang Feng’s father, a well known scholar and professor, but was denounced as a Rightist in 1957 . Hu Yun, Zhang Feng’s mother, an university lecturer.
B) Li Jiangguo, Yu Mei’s father. A high ranking official, first secretary of the provincial party committee. Song Lihua, Yu Mei’s mother
C) Zhao Wu, Chang Zheng’s father, a general, the commander of the military area of the province. (The above three fathers used to be university classmates before the liberation in the 1940’s)
Characters by Alphabet
Cai Wenge, an ambitious villain, enemy to Zhang Feng. Also called Cai Desheng before the Cultural Revolution.
Chang Zheng, rival of Zhang Feng, a Red Guard, son of general Zhao Wu.
Chang Jingyu, a principal of a senior middle school, also called ‘old principal’ by his students.
Chen Xing, the youngest of the Four Talents of The River City.
Chen Hao, director of the workshop in the chemical factory.
Dan Dan, Zhang Fen g’s lover, a beautiful and talented girl.
Du Zhongqing, a commissioner from the central Cultural Revolution Group. Called ‘a man in black’.
Fan, Directo r, a wicked officer who followed the Cultural Revolution Group closely.
Hai Jing, Master , a Taoist who teaches Zhang Feng martial arts; with a secret identity.
He Hua, a younger girl in the countryside where Zhang Feng and his friends worked as ‘Educated youth’.
He Qiang, the general director of the general headquarters of the workers’ revolutionary rebellion.
Hei Tou, a local hooligan, later becomes an active Re