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#408580 in Books 2013-11-18Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .48 x 5.98l; .66 #File Name: 0295993189224 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good perspective on the impacts of civil warBy SudweeksGood read those interested in Chinese history. Journal account.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Memoir of the Taiping RebellionBy Mr. Leong Wai HongThe World of a Tiny Insect  is a wonderful memoir of a childhood spent in the violence of the Taiping Rebellion. The author was 7 years when the rebellion began. He wrote his memoir in 1893 ; 30 years later. It is now translated into English in 2013. The translator Tian Xiao Fei is professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University. She has usefully annotated the text. According to her she stumbled upon this manuscript when the title The World of a Tiny Insect caught her eye though it is a pity she did not give the year of her discovery. For a good history of the Taiping Rebellion i highly recommend God's Chinese Son by Jonathan Spence and Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom by Stephen R Platt .Â
