Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party

“A revolution is not a dinner party,. . . . .A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.” Mao Zedong Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party, the title of Ying Chang Compestine’s first novel, is nothing short of brilliant irony. Ms. Compestine, like her protagonist, Ling, survived Mao’s […]