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Fanshen, Paperback / softback Book

Fanshen Paperback / softback

Part of the Acting Edition S. series

Paperback / softback

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In vividly dramatic form, this play tells how a remote Chinese village comes to terms with Communism.

Every revolution creates new words. The Chinese revolution created a whole new vocabulary in which a very important word is "fanshen" which literally means "to turn the body" or "to turn over." To hundreds of millions of landless and poor peasants it means to stand up, throw off the landlords' yoke, and gain land, stock, and houses.

Moreover it means to enter a new world and this play is the story of how the peasants of Long Bow build a new world.2 women, 7 men

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