Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng The Little Book of Woodland Bird Songs McCarter has no rival

McCarter has no rival

whether about fireflies or flamingos

in the same way

Mourning Dove

He has taught at the University of Pittsburgh

Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng The Little Book of Woodland Bird Songs McCarter has no rivalUpon its initial publication, Life and Death in Shanghai, Nien Cheng's searing memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, was an instant international best seller. This phenomenal, unforgettable book captured the attention of the world just as Communism started to collapse, and is considered a twentieth century classic, both for Cheng's incisive writing and the light it throws on totalitarian history. In August 1966, a group of Red Guards ransacked