The Blue Mountains of China (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudy Wiebe
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Work: Historical novel
- Time of Work: 1919-1970
- Setting: The Ukraine, Siberia, Western Canada, and South America
- Principal Characters: Jakob Friesen IV, Frieda Friesen, David Epp, Samuel Reimer, John Reimer
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Family or family life, 1940’s, Missions or missionaries, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, God, Spiritual life or spirituality, Christianity, Canada or Canadians, South America or South Americans, Siberia
- Locales: Canada, South America, Siberia, Ukraine
The Novel
The Blue Mountains of China is the sweeping saga of two generations of Mennonite families and their attempt to find a homeland where they can express the radical faith to which they have pledged their lives. As Canadian author Rudy Wiebe moves this narrative from the early twentieth century to the novel’s present, he documents the trials and struggles, as well as the spiritual victories and joys, that followed the Mennonite community which escaped from Russia and migrated to the rugged landscapes of Western Canada and South America in the century between the...
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