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At times, I found this novel poignant, at times, wistful, at times insightful and at times it dragged. This is the story of 3 generations of a family of gifted and passionate musicians living in mid-century China. Because of their appreciative love of classical Western music, they live under constant suspicion, weathering the storms of the Revolution with the heart of artists. This novel carries the saga through to the Tiananmen Square protests with its radical shift in the social outlook. Woven
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