ARGONAUT BOOKS

It is Beijing in the 1970s, and Lai lives with her parents, grandmother and younger brother in a small flat in a working-class area. As she grows up, Lai comes to discern the realities of the country she lives is: an early encounter with the police haunts her for years; her father makes her see that his quietness is a reaction to experiences he has lived through; and an old bookseller subtly introduces her to ideas that open her mind to different perspectives. A novel about coming to see the world as it is, 'Tiananmen Square' is the story of one girl's life growing up in the China of the 1970s...Read More