Sunday, February 22, 2009

Yiyun Li : "The Vagrants" (Random House) (Rebroadcast)

10 a.m. (ET)

An award-winning, Beijing-born writer presents her debut novel. It is based on a true story of the public execution in nineteen-seventy-nine of a young woman who served in the Red Guard before denouncing communism.

The Diane Rehm Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.