Son of the Revolution (originally published in 1984) is author Liang Heng's autobiography which chronicles his life - primarily his childhood and young adulthood - in Mao Zedong's China during his so-called Cultural Revolution. In the book, Heng talks about his family, his friends, and those around him and how the Cultural Revolution affected them and China as a whole.
When it was released, Son of the Revolution was critically acclaimed. Kirkus Reviews, for example, loved the book, writing that "With episodes in still other milieux--factories, schools: an uncommonly broad swath of life, fluently if not expressively described." The New York Review of Books thought similarly, writing that the book is "worth reading."
