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February 05, 2006
Holiday
I'm off to Pakistan for a three month retreat, so a bit of quiet from me. Leave you guys with a review of Terrence Cheng's debut 'Sons of Heaven.'
Soniah
In 1989 China’s Tiananmen Square stood submerged in a bloody stand off between students protestors and the People’s Liberation Army. The image of the, to date, anonymous young man halting a line of tanks continues to resonate through out the world as it did with author Terence Cheng. Cheng’s debut novel Sons of Heaven weaves a fictional life story for this dissident civilian, his soldier brother and the leader Deng Xiaoping who supposedly gave the go ahead for the army crackdown. Through these three men Cheng explores the personal costs of resistance, obedience and the meaning of freedom.rest here
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