The bitter tea of General Yen
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From a window beside the French Concession, Megan watches traffic pass through a barricade on a rain-soaked road. A sudden car crash brings her outside to help, among soldiers, strangers and a priest whose responses to the injured driver reveal sharply different priorities. Grace Zaring Stone sets these awkward exchanges against the uneasy meeting of European households and Chinese streets, giving small gestures of concern and wounded pride a place in a larger political setting.
Later, Megan and General Yen argue about faith, government and the value of human life. She questions what Chinese philosophy has achieved; he defends compromise and challenges the belief that a single reform can cure every trouble. Their conversation moves between irritation and attempts at understanding. Set in twentieth-century China, this novel offers readers an account of cultural encounter through personal discomfort, competing convictions and the difficulty of seeing beyond familiar assumptions.
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- Author
- Grace Zaring Stone
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 162
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Fiction Books
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