Students who have read other works of Chinese modernist literature, such as the short stories of Lu Xun, may be able to scaffold off of their knowledge of those texts while reading Pa Chin's Family. Equally, students who have previously read Golden Age works of Russian literature may find the focus on family turmoil and the backdrop of political upheaval in the novel quite familiar.
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