Prized pulp fiction: hand-copied literature from the Cultural Revolution.(six books)(Book Review)

From: China Review International | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: Nielsen, Inge | Copyright information

Zhang Baorui. Yizhi xiuhuaxie (One embroidered shoe). "Wenge" shouchao wencun (Extant hand-copied texts from the Cultural Revolution), vol. 1. Beijing: Dazhong Wenyi Chubanshe, 2000. viii, 319 pp. Paperback 19 RMB, ISBN 7-80094-951-6.

Bai Shihong, editor. Anliu (Undercurrents). "Wenge" shouchao wencun (Extant hand-copied texts from the Cultural Revolution), vol. 2. Beijing: Wenhua Yishu Chubanshe, 2001. 341 pp. Paperback 22 RMB, ISBN 7-5039-2015-7/I.874.

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