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The granddaughter of a poor ferryman, Cuicui grows up in Chadong, a small town in China's exotic southwestern frontier, where she is sheltered from the warlord fighting that was prevalent in China in the 1920s. She's caught up in the spell of the local custom of nighttime serenades, but she is also haunted by her grandfather's imminent death.

Border Town

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A Paperback by Congwen Shen, Jeffrey C. Kinkley

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    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
    Publication Date: 9/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780061436918, 978-0061436918
    ISBN10: 0061436917
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    Classics Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    The granddaughter of a poor ferryman, Cuicui grows up in Chadong, a small town in China's exotic southwestern frontier, where she is sheltered from the warlord fighting that was prevalent in China in the 1920s. She's caught up in the spell of the local custom of nighttime serenades, but she is also haunted by her grandfather's imminent death.

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