About the book: year / In ancient times, the Chinese had one particularly terrible curse. He was sent to his worst enemies. This curse sounded like this: “May you, so-and-so, live in interesting times!” We were “lucky” to be born in a boring, very boring time: it seemed that the years had stopped, and even the air did not move. And our children were born in a different era. What's it like growing up in interesting times??