A Small Town Called Hibiscus is one of the best Chinese novels to have appeared in 1981.
In the end wrongs are righted, and readers are left with a deepened understanding of this abnormal period in Chinese history and the sterling qualities of the Chinese people..
He shows the horrifying impact on decent, hard-working people of the gang\'s ultra-Left line, and retains a sense of humor in describing the most harrowing incidents.
He presents the ups and downs of some families in a Small mountain Town there during the hard years in the early sixties, the cultural revolution, and after the downfall of the gang of four.
Its author Gu Hua was brought up in the Wuling Mountains of south Hunan.
A Small Town Called Hibiscus is one of the best Chinese novels to have appeared in 1981
