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Da Chen
Da Chen is thirty-seven years old and is a graduate of Columbia University Law School, which he attended on full scholarship. A brush calligrapher of considerable spirituality who also plays the classical bamboo flute, he lives in New York's Hudson Valley with his wife and two small children.
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Brothers
Written by Da Chen
Three Rivers Press | Trade Paperback | June 2007
$14.95/19.95(Canada) | 978-1-4000-9729-6 (1-4000-9729-0)
At the height of China’s Cultural Revolution a powerful general fathered two sons. Tan was born to the general’s wife and into a life of comfort and luxury. His half brother, Shento, was born to the general’s mistress, who threw herself off a cliff in the mountains of Balan only moments... Read more
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Brothers
Written by Da Chen, Read by Various
Random House Audio | Unabridged Audiobook Download | $25.00/30.00(Canada) | 978-1-4159-3390-9 (1-4159-3390-1)
At the height of China’s Cultural Revolution a powerful general fathered two sons. Tan was born to the general’s wife and into a life of comfort and luxury. His half brother, Shento, was born to the general’s mistress, who threw herself off a cliff in the mountains of Balan only moments... Read more
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China's Son
Written by Da Chen
Laurel Leaf | Paperback | July 2004
$6.50/7.50(Canada) | 978-0-440-22926-1 (0-440-22926-X)
A candid memoir about growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, adapted by the author from his Colors of the Mountain, published by Random House.
Da Chen was born in China in 1962. The grandson of a landlord, he and his family were treated as outcasts in Communist China. In school, Da... Read more
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China's Son
Written by Da Chen
Laurel Leaf | eBook | $6.50/7.50(Canada) | 978-0-307-48279-2 (0-307-48279-0)
A candid memoir about growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, adapted by the author from his Colors of the Mountain, published by Random House.
Da Chen was born in China in 1962. The grandson of a landlord, he and his family were treated as outcasts in Communist China. In school, Da... Read more
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Colors of the Mountain
Written by Da Chen
Anchor | Trade Paperback | January 2001
$15.00/18.95(Canada) | 978-0-385-72060-1 (0-385-72060-2)
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... Read more
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Colors of the Mountain
Written by Da Chen
Anchor | eBook | $14.95/18.95(Canada) | 978-1-4000-7594-2 (1-4000-7594-7)
"I was born in southern China in 1962, in the tiny town of Yellow Stone. They called it the Year of Great Starvation."
In 1962, as millions of Chinese citizens were gripped by Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution and the Red Guards enforced a brutal regime of communism, a boy was born to... Read more
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