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morgandawn ([personal profile] morgandawn) wrote2017-06-05 05:03 pm

Help Find A Sci-Fi Book

 This may be a book or a short story. It dates back to the 1970s. It is an alternate universe where West Europe was colonized by the East and a young girl starts a non-violent protest moment for civil  rights. Like the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo she stands in silent protest - but on one one leg (like a crane). Possibly "The White Crane"?

edited: The answer is "White Lotus" by John Hersey
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[personal profile] thevetia 2017-06-06 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like "White Lotus" by John Hersey. Though in that book, China has enslaved North Americans and the entire book is a substitution allegory? for the African-American experience. But the girl starting a civil rights movement by standing on one leg in a crane pose is definitely in it.
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[personal profile] tazlet 2017-06-06 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone beat me to it!