Not One Less

...this tale of the teenage teacher who heads for the city to retrieve the absentee who will cost her an attendance bonus is, ostensibly, an uplifting satire.

...Zhang turns his attention to a broader canvas, to the masses of children growing up in the countryside who still face the deprivations of poverty and inadequate schooling.

Realismen er virkningsfuld og rørende nok til at nedbryde den kinesiske mur.