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Red China Blues : My Long March from Mao to Now by Jan Wong (1997 Pb) UNREAD 📚
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- Condition
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- China
- ISBN
- 9780385482325
- Book Title
- Red China Blues : My Long March from Mao to Now
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Personal Memoirs, Asia / China, Historical
- Item Width
- 5.6in
- Item Weight
- 13.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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Jan Wong, a Canadian of Chinese descent, went to China as a starry-eyed Maoist in 1972 at the height of the Cultural Revolution. A true believer--and one of only two Westerners permitted to enroll at Beijing University--her education included wielding a pneumatic drill at the Number One Machine Tool Factory. In the name of the Revolution, she renounced rock & roll, hauled pig manure in the paddy fields, and turned in a fellow student who sought her help in getting to the United States. She also met and married the only American draft dodger from the Vietnam War to seek asylum in China. Red China Blues is Wong's startling--and ironic--memoir of her rocky six-year romance with Maoism (which crumbled as she became aware of the harsh realities of Chinese communism); her dramatic firsthand account of the devastating Tiananmen Square uprising; and her engaging portrait of the individuals and events she covered as a correspondent in China during the tumultuous era of capitalist reform under Deng Xiaoping. In a frank, captivating, deeply personal narrative she relates the horrors that led to her disillusionment with the "worker's paradise." And through the stories of the people--an unhappy young woman who was sold into marriage, China's most famous dissident, a doctor who lengthens penises--Wong reveals long-hidden dimensions of the world's most populous nation. In setting out to show readers in the Western world what life is like in China, and why we should care, she reacquaints herself with the old friends--and enemies of her radical past, and comes to terms with the legacy of her ancestral homeland.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385482329
ISBN-13
9780385482325
eBay Product ID (ePID)
131623
Product Key Features
Book Title
Red China Blues : My Long March from Mao to Now
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Asia / China, Historical
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
13.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Reviews
"A marvellous book by one of Canada's best-ever foreign correspondents at the top of her form." - The Gazette (Montreal) "Totally captivating. A wonderful memoir." - The Globe and Mail "A lovely read. One can only hope this book is the first of many." - The Financial Post "A must-read for all China watchers." - The Edmonton Journal "A splendid memoir: funny, self-mocking, biting and perceptive." - The Washington Post
Dewey Decimal
951/.057/092
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
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