Rae Yang

Great memoir! Rae Yang was a teenager at Beijing's most elite high school at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in China. She is of the right age and political background to be on its opening wave. She initially goes to Guangzhou to "make revolution" and then goes to the "Great Northern Wilderness" which I believe was Heilongjiang to learn from the peasants with the rest of her class. She has a wry since of irony about her actions, giving the feeling of it being a great adventure. Her story is one of teenage rebellion being sanctioned by political authorities. A remarkable work that is both insightful and entertaining.… (altro)