Changes in Li Village
Trans. by Gladys Yang. Painting on cover by Chen Shao-mei. Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1953. 12mo. Wraps. 224 p. 1st edition, paperback issue. [38416]
Communist novel set in a "village in Shansi Province during the War of Resistance Against Japan (1937-1945). It reflects, on the one hand, how the poor peasants, oppressed by feudal landlords and local despots, gradually awakened politically and united to carry out a fierce struggle against them. On the other, it completely exposes the hideousness of Yen Hsi-shan, the warlord of Shansi Province, and Li Ju-chen, a big landlord, who, while riding roughshod over the people and pretending to fight against the Japanese aggressors, actually carry out anti-Communist activities" - "Catalogue of Chinese Literature in English"
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