Though it begins so simply and quietly that it's almost disconcerting, "A Hundred Flowers" soon gathers a reader in and holds her fast. El Cerrito author Gail Tsukiyama's seventh novel is a thoughtful ...
NPR's Alan Cheuse reviews the new novel A Hundred Flowers by Gail Tsukiyama that takes place in China during 1950s and '60s. And I'm Melissa Block. In the late 1950s, Chairman Mao used poetic language ...