Book description
Eye of the Eagle depicts the degradation of the lives of migrant
workers in China, in this case, openÂ-cast miners.
Bai Hua, ("White Birch", pen - name of Chen Youhua) was
born in 1930 in Henan province, China. Attacked as a 'rightist' during
the Anti-Rightist Campaign in 1957, Bai Hua was persecuted and silenced
for twenty-two years. After the Cultural Revolution, he was finally able
to publish again and, undaunted by his experiences, continued to produce
fiction and poetry. His well - known film script, Bitter Love (1979)
portrayed the misfortune of a patriotic painter who returned to China
from the United States in 1949, only to be persecuted and die in misery.
The resulting film was personally denounced by Deng Xiaoping, thus
earning him the distinction of being the first Chinese writer to be
singled out for criticism after Mao's death. Many Chinese critics feel
that Bai Hua has never received the recognition he deserves. In June
2010, he and his work was the subject of a symposium held in Shenzhen,
South China.
