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Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan
4.0
The next book I read was Bronze and Sunflower, and I absolutely loved this book ❤️🌻
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While I was reading it I did wonder if was aimed at children rather than adults, and I looked it up later, it is classed at teen fiction, but don't let that put you off!
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The story is simply written, but absolutely beautiful. It explores the friendship between a mute boy, and a little girl, but being set in rural China it also explores the challenges and hardships faced by poor farmers trying to survive in rural China.
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This was the first time I'd really read about plagues, and famine, and I really felt for the difficulties faced by characters. After reading a passage about how the family had to survive on about 20 grains is rice, I went to my kitchen and felt very greedy for having so much of the stuff!
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100% recommend this book if you're looking for an enjoyable opening into Chinese novels
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While I was reading it I did wonder if was aimed at children rather than adults, and I looked it up later, it is classed at teen fiction, but don't let that put you off!
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The story is simply written, but absolutely beautiful. It explores the friendship between a mute boy, and a little girl, but being set in rural China it also explores the challenges and hardships faced by poor farmers trying to survive in rural China.
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This was the first time I'd really read about plagues, and famine, and I really felt for the difficulties faced by characters. After reading a passage about how the family had to survive on about 20 grains is rice, I went to my kitchen and felt very greedy for having so much of the stuff!
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100% recommend this book if you're looking for an enjoyable opening into Chinese novels
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