![]() at The Central (603 Markham Street) and is hosted by The Beguiling. 21, Yang took us through a scene from Boxers: Here, Little Bao leads his fellow villagers into battle against a gang of Chinese Christian ruffians, armed with kung fu training and a ritual designed to call upon the powers of mythical Chinese figures.īoxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang is available now from First Second Press. In advance of his appearance at Toronto’s The Beguiling on Sep. ![]() Working as both a personal story for each of them and a parable about the disparate traditions that battled for supremacy over Chinese identity, Boxers & Saints is at once historical fiction, mythical tale and modern dilemma. ![]() Set during the Boxer Rebellion, a violent peasant uprising in turn of the century China, the story is actually two seperate books: Boxers tells the story of Little Bao, a young peasant who learns a mystical ritual and uses it to wreak havoc on the Europeans and Chinese Christians who, in his view, are poisoning the soul of China Saints, meanwhile, follows convert Four-Girl, who finds an acceptance and purpose among the Chinese Christian community that she can’t at home. ![]()
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