![]() ![]() Swirl and her husband Wen had been sent away to re-education camps for harboring precious art and forbidden literature, so Zhuli has come to Shanghai to live with Big Mother Knife and Sparrow. ![]() Long after life has fallen back into the safety of routine, Sparrow finds his emaciated and lonely cousin Zhuli, Swirl’s daughter, waiting on their doorstep, holding very little but a few music records. Wanting to avoid the horrors that surrounded him, Sparrow concentrates on music, his mother’s love, and nothing else.Įventually the fighting ceases, so Big Mother Knife’s family settles down in Shanghai where Sparrow takes lessons at the Conservatory. Not too long after they begin this endeavor, Big Mother Knife gives birth to Sparrow, a wispy little boy who quickly becomes part of their musical act. ![]() During the first horrific years of the Revolution in China, Big Mother Knife and her sister Swirl dance, sing, and tell stories in order to make enough money to survive. ![]()
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