Young Peng Dehuai (3 volumes)

Author: Yan Weimin / Liu Yanzuo adapted / Zou Yuefei / Li Guangzhi illustrated / Wang Guang Deng editor-in-chief
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Comrade Peng Dehuai was a beloved older generation of proletarian revolutionaries in our country and one of the founders of our army. He was born in 1898 in a poor peasant family in Tingshan County, Hunan. From a young age, he was hardworking, brave, kind, honest, upright, and resented injustice. He embodied the noble qualities of outstanding sons and daughters of the Chinese nation. This three-volume series of illustrated books, "A Hard Childhood," "Breaking Through the Ghost Gate at Night," and "Through the Storms to Dongting Lake," depict the growth journey of Peng Dehuai in his youth. It vividly portrays the of natural disasters and human misfortunes in China; it portrays a young hero who endured hardships, was fearless of oppression, was full of integrity, and dared to challenge fate. His tender shoulders bore the hardships of life at an early age, and his fight against evil and pursuit of truth were the first steps Peng Dehuai took toward life. The illustrators of this book once deeply researched rural areas in Hunan in the 1980s, investigating the living environment of the characters and extensively collecting creative materials. They put in arduous labor to vividly and authentically portray the social atmosphere of the past and to shape lifelike artistic figures.