Blood Red Sunset: A Memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution - Paperback

$27.00

Blood Red Sunset: A Memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution - Paperback

Name: Blood Red Sunset: A Memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution - Paperback
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SKU: 9780140159424
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by Ma Bo

$27.00

Book Overview

A searing first hand account of China's Cultural Revolution that joins the ranks of great memoirs such as Life and Death in Shanghai, Wild Swans and A Chinese Odyssey

First banned in its native land, this earthy, unflinching memoir has become one of the biggest bestsellers in the history of China.

In 1968, a fervent young Red Guard joined the army of hotheaded adolescents who trekked to Inner Mongolia to spread the Cultural Revolution. After gaining a reputation as a brutal abuser of the local herd owners and nomads, Ma Bo casually criticized a Party Leader. Denounced as an "active counterrevolutionary" and betrayed by his friends, the idealistic youth was brutally beaten and imprisoned.

Charged with passion, never doctrinaire, Blood Red Sunset is a startlingly vivid and personal narrative that opens a window on the psyche of totalitarian excess that no other work of history can provide. This is a tale of ideology and disillusionment, a powerful work of political and literary importance.

"A deceptively straightforward story carried forward by deep currents of insight."--The Washington Post

"A genuine, no-holds-barred, unadorned piece of writing...echoing the realities of contemporary China."--Liu Binyan, The New York Times Book Review

ISBN	9780140159424
Author	Ma Bo
Publisher	Penguin Publishing Group
Genre	Biography and History
Format	Paperback
Published	July 1996
Language	ENG- English
Pages	384
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print