Orville Schell on his novel, My Old Home: A Novel of Exile
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Is There a Difference Between a Novel and a Book?
The novel is set against the backdrop of the second half of the twentieth century in china. You seem to sympathize with the characters who believe very much that chinese society's capacity for change is almost limitless. But you conclude that the party just isn't as susceptible to change as maybe we once thought it might have been. That's the nub of the question right here.
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