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Book SynopsisMilestones on a Golden Road examines works of fiction written in China between 1945 and 1980, when the arts were required to reflect a Maoist vision of history and society.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Road and the Writer
Part 1: The War Years and the Search for Form,1945-48
1 Ma Feng and Xi Rong, Heroes of Lüliang, and“Revolutionary Popular Literature”
2 Zhou Libo, Hurricane, and the Creation of aChinese Socialist Realism
Part 2: The Great Leap Forward and the Stuff of Heroism,1959-62
3 Li Zhun’s “A Brief Biography of LiShuangshuang”: A Fast-talking Vixen Creates a Village Canteen
4 Hu Wanchun’s “A Man of OutstandingQuality”: Pavel, but not Rita, and certainly not Ingrid, in theShanghai Dockyards
Part 3: The Cultural Revolution and the Spirit of Struggle,1972-76
5 Hao Ran on The Golden Road: Transformationsin Rural China
6 Zhang Kangkang at The Dividing Line: A BoldLeap into Troubled Waters
Part 4: After Mao: Reversing Judgements,1979-80
7 Chen Guokai’s The Price: The Flood ofTears
8 Zhang Yigong’s The Story of the Criminal LiTongzhong: Work with the Spade
Epilogue: A Golden Road to Nowhere
