Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
by Jiang, Ji-Li
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0439063000
- ISBN 13
- 9780439063005
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Scholastic, 1997. Reprint . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xvii, 285 pp. Second printing. There is a faint moisture ring on the front cover. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.
Synopsis
Red Scarf Girl is a memoir written by Ji-li Jiang about her experiences during the Cultural Revolution of China. The book's foreword is written by David Henry Hwang. The book starts while Ji-li is a 12 year old still living in Shanghai, China. Ji-Li is at the top of her class, the da-dui-zhang, or Student Council President, of her school. However, her father prevents her from auditioning for the Central Liberation Army Arts Academy due to her class status.
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- Bookseller
- Persephone's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020201
- Title
- Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
- Author
- Jiang, Ji-Li
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0439063000
- ISBN 13
- 9780439063005
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- China - Cultural Revolution - Memoirs
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...