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China witness : voices from a silent generation
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Title
China witness : voices from a silent generation / Xinran ; translated from Chinese by Nicky Harman, Julia Lovell and Esther Tyldesley.
ISBN
9780375425479
0375425470
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Published
New York : Pantheon Books, c2009.
Physical Description
434 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Notes
"Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, The Random House Group Limited, London, in 2008"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
Summary
An extraordinary work of oral history that illuminates the diverse ways in which the Chinese perceive and understand their own modern history.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 23, 2009
Contents
Yao Popo, or the Medicine Woman of Xingyi
Two generations of the Lin family: the curse of a legend
New discoveries in Xinjiang, the world's biggest prison
On the road, interlude 1: interview with a north-western taxi driver
Pioneers of China's oil: a distinguished husband and wife
Acrobat: from counter-revolutionary's daughter to national medal winner
On the road, interlude 2: talking to a Chinese colleague about Tibet, folk customs, tiger stoves and the Chinese Jews
Tea houses and news singers: three thousand years of anecdotes and wonders
Carrying on a craft tradition: the Qin Huai lantern-makers
Across mountain and grassland: a witness to the Long March
Savouring her blessings after trials and tribulations: the woman general born in America
Interlude 3: love letters
On the road, interlude 4: reflections between the lines
The policeman: a cop who entered the police force as the People's Republic was founded
The shoe-mender mother: 28 years spent out in all weathers
On the road, interlude 5: a squall at the 4 May memorial
Afterword: images of my motherland.
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