The Auspicious Time Zhang Zhilu 9781911397441

A charming evocation of life in Beijing in the 1940s and 50s for a small child growing through the enormous social change in China at that time. Little Auspicious and his family experience unforgettable adventures involving secret agents, spies, Japanese invaders, the Kuomintang and dangerous encounters and escapades before Beijing is liberated and New China is created.

An accessible and beautifully illustrated narrative of life in Beijing at a time of immense change this book will appeal to teenagers and all who wish to learn more about China during this period.

Zhang Zhilu is a writer and playwright. His Literary works include the novels Thunderbolt Beibei, The Third Legion, Illegal Wisdom, Turtles Also on the Internet and Qianwen's Dance. He has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and won numerous awards including the China Book Award, Andersen Award China division, Soong Ching Ling Children's Literature Award and Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award. He has also won the China Film Huabiao Award and the Cairo International Children's Film Festival Gold Award, and published the film theory monograph Chinese Children's Film History.