Comments on: Xujun Eberlein http://www.litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/ LitPark Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8415 SusanHenderson Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:50:45 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8415 Thanks so much for mentioning this. Thanks so much for mentioning this.

]]> By: Traveler64 http://www.litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8414 Traveler64 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:57:28 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8414 The book MAO should come with a warnng--it was the most horrendous and wrenching read of history I've ever had. As an avid student ov history, after reading so much and about so many horrific moments of human insanity, I though I was immune and could deal with anything at a very clinical level. This book ripped the underbelly of a regime and revealed a level of suffering inflicted by so few on so many that shook me up. Even the most unforgiving critics of the system could not grasp the depth of the human and historical tragedy. The book MAO should come with a warnng–it was the most horrendous and wrenching read of history I’ve ever had. As an avid student ov history, after reading so much and about so many horrific moments of human insanity, I though I was immune and could deal with anything at a very clinical level. This book ripped the underbelly of a regime and revealed a level of suffering inflicted by so few on so many that shook me up. Even the most unforgiving critics of the system could not grasp the depth of the human and historical tragedy.

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8413 SusanHenderson Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:48:11 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8413 Just a couple more links. My good pal, Kesey, has some interesting thoughts here today: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=82091157&blogID=406152543 And if you don't already read The China Blog over at Time Magazine, I think it's a good one: http://time-blog.com/china_blog/ Just a couple more links. My good pal, Kesey, has some interesting thoughts here today: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=82091157&blogID=406152543

And if you don’t already read The China Blog over at Time Magazine, I think it’s a good one: http://time-blog.com/china_blog/

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8412 SusanHenderson Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:38:52 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8412 Thanks so much for ordering Xujun's book. (If you have a photo loaded when you make a comment, the comments show up right away. Otherwise they have to be moderated in. That's a very confused way of explaining it. Maybe Terry Bain or Daniel Ha can explain better.) Either way, so glad you stopped by! Thanks so much for ordering Xujun’s book.

(If you have a photo loaded when you make a comment, the comments show up right away. Otherwise they have to be moderated in. That’s a very confused way of explaining it. Maybe Terry Bain or Daniel Ha can explain better.) Either way, so glad you stopped by!

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8411 SusanHenderson Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:36:28 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8411 Here, let me link those books for anyone who might be interested. Mao: http://www.amazon.com/Mao-Story-Jung-Chang/dp/0679746323/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213619548&sr=8-1 Wild Swans: http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Swans-Three-Daughters-China/dp/B000YTFMU0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213619548&sr=8-2 I think most of us have your experience of only getting a partial or slanted story of world events. The trick is realizing that and then filling in the gaps. Good for you for doing that! Here, let me link those books for anyone who might be interested.

Mao: http://www.amazon.com/Mao-Story-Jung-Chang/dp/0679746323/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213619548&sr=8-1
Wild Swans: http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Swans-Three-Daughters-China/dp/B000YTFMU0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213619548&sr=8-2

I think most of us have your experience of only getting a partial or slanted story of world events. The trick is realizing that and then filling in the gaps. Good for you for doing that!

]]> By: Traveler64 http://www.litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8410 Traveler64 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:49:06 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8410 I just ordered Apologies Forthcoming from Amazon. I can hardly wait to receive it. Thank you, Xujun, for the interview and the stories you wrote. They come from the heart. (I wrote another commentary here, but I think it got lost in the shufle. May be it will show up, eventually.) I just ordered Apologies Forthcoming from Amazon. I can hardly wait to receive it. Thank you, Xujun, for the interview and the stories you wrote. They come from the heart.

(I wrote another commentary here, but I think it got lost in the shufle. May be it will show up, eventually.)

]]> By: Traveler64 http://www.litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8409 Traveler64 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:39:16 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8409 Thank you for this interview. Very insightful (of course) and perhaps from a different angle than the usual. Just recently I've read Jung Chang's MAO and her account in Wild Swans. I shared with her some common memories of the early fifties that connected some of the history she related in her book that involved events in Romania. The period of the Cultural Revolution always interested me because my first impressions of it, from very glossy magazines, did come to me while I was a child in Romania; and believe me, the impression I got from those very colorful magazines was quite different from the reality. I am looking forward to reading Ms.Eberlein's stories. The story of how she got published was very interesting also. It's rarely a straight path, is it? Thank you for this interview. Very insightful (of course) and perhaps from a different angle than the usual. Just recently I’ve read Jung Chang’s MAO and her account in Wild Swans. I shared with her some common memories of the early fifties that connected some of the history she related in her book that involved events in Romania. The period of the Cultural Revolution always interested me because my first impressions of it, from very glossy magazines, did come to me while I was a child in Romania; and believe me, the impression I got from those very colorful magazines was quite different from the reality.

I am looking forward to reading Ms.Eberlein’s stories.

The story of how she got published was very interesting also. It’s rarely a straight path, is it?

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8408 SusanHenderson Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:02:23 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8408 I never believe someone's take on a historical event if it's too cut and dry. I love the Xujun's ability to help you see the emotional complexity of both sides. I never believe someone’s take on a historical event if it’s too cut and dry. I love the Xujun’s ability to help you see the emotional complexity of both sides.

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8407 SusanHenderson Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:00:40 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8407 I'm so glad you're here, Patry. xo I’m so glad you’re here, Patry. xo

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8406 SusanHenderson Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:00:19 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/06/04/xujun-eberlein/#comment-8406 Xujun and I have known each other a long time, so the interview was easy. Xujun and I have known each other a long time, so the interview was easy.

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