Zhang Daye: 1 book
The World of a Tiny Insect
A Memoir of the Taiping Rebellion and Its Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
"From the cry of a tiny insect, one can hear the sound of a vast world. . . ."
So begins Zhang Daye’s preface to The World of a Tiny Insect, his haunting memoir of war and its aftermath. In 1861, when China’s devastating Taiping rebellion began, Zhang was seven years old. The...
