When Huai Flowers Bloom

Shu Jiang Lu is Associate Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.

• PrologueAcknowledgments1. I Heard a Bird Singing2. The Fragrance of Huai Flowers3. Pear Flower Alley4. Jade Rabbit5. The Voices of the Winds6. The Song of the Golden Phoenix7. Fairyland8. The Girl under the Red Flag9. A World of Rain10. The Winter Solstice11. Sunset12. Beyond DarknessEpilogue

"It is hard not to have sympathy for the characters in Lu's life … A reader … cannot help but think of our luck in being born 12,000 miles from … the murderous destruction … that harassed a whole generation of Chinese intellectuals …Few of us would have survived; that Lu did so … is part of the magic that flowers in the book." — RALPH (Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, & Humanities)"Lu has written eloquent vignettes of people she knew who experienced China's recent tragic madness … [and] helps us remember the immense cost paid by millions of individuals to satisfy the whims of a few at the top." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch"…a collection of 12 beautifully lyrical tales that combine memoir with fiction and reveal the suffering and redemption of one of history's most fascinating times." — The San Diego Union-Tribune"A soulful and beautiful addition to all the Cultural Revolution literature that has come before it and afterwards. I couldn't put it down." — Da Chen, author of Brothers: A Novel"Lu's voice is quiet, gentle, questioning, yet wise, even when she is recounting very dire events." — Elizabeth Hodges, author of What the River Means