Ximen Nao, a landowner known for his generosity and kindness to his peasants, is not only stripped of his land and worldly possessions in Mao's Land Reform Movement of 1948, but is cruelly executed, despite his protestations of innocence. He goes to Hell, where Lord Yama, king of the underworld, has
Fear and Joy:: A life in and out of nappies
โ Scribed by Ben Ingram
- Publisher
- AB Discovery
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 783 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ASIN
- B07HGXHZCY
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