Full name: Sounds of the River: A Young Man's University Days in Beijing

Author: Da Chen Year: 2002 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780060958725 9780060199258 0060958723 0060199253

"A story about suppression, humiliation, vindication, and, ultimately, triumph." --New York Times Book Review From the bestselling author of Colors of the Mountain--an engrossing, gloriously written coming-of-age saga that picks up where that book left off--in Beijing during China's Cultural Revolution In this "equally beguiling sequel to his acclaimed memoir" (Kirkus Reviews), teenager Da Chen takes his first train ride away from the farm he was raised on to his new university life in Beijing. He soon faces a host of ghastly challenges, including poor living conditions, lack of food, and suicidal roommates. Undaunted by these hurdles, and armed with a dogged determination to learn English and "all things Western," he competes to win a chance to study in America--a chance that rests in the shrewd and corrupt hands of the almighty professors. Poetic, hilarious, and heartbreaking, Sounds of the River is a gloriously written coming-of-age saga that chronicles a remarkable journey--a travelogue of the heart. Similar books: Daughter of the River by Hong Ying Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen To the Edge of the Sky by Anhua Gao Daughter of China by Meihong Xu Leaving Mother Lake by Yang Erche Namu Bound Feet & Western Dress by Pang-Mei Chang Foreign Babes in Beijing by Rachel DeWoskin Red Azalea by Anchee Min Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng Red China Blues by Jan Wong Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah The Secret Piano by Zhu Xiao-Mei Hand-grenade Practice in Peking by Frances Wood From Emperor to Citizen by Pu Yi My Name is Number 4 by Ting-Xing Ye When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Educated by Tara Westover Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls