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Zheng Yi - Scarlet Memorial - 9780813326160 - V9780813326160
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Scarlet Memorial

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Description for Scarlet Memorial Paperback. Translator(s): Sym, T.P. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; JHBT; JPFC; JPVR; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
This compelling book provides a meticulously documented account of officially sanctioned cannibalism in the southwestern province of Guangxi during the Cultural Revolution. Drawing on his unique access to local archives of the Chinese Communist Party and on extensive interviews with party officials, the victims' relatives, and the murderers themselves, Zheng Yi paints a disturbing picture of official compliance in the systematic killing and cannibalization of individuals in the name of political revolution and class struggle."The treasure-trove of evidence Zheng Yi has unearthed offers unprecedented insights into the way the internecine, factional struggles of the Cultural Revolution reached a horrifying level ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780813326160
SKU
V9780813326160
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3

About Zheng Yi
Zheng Yi (which means justice) is one of China's foremost novelists and journalists. His works include Old Well, which was later made into an acclaimed film. A leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, he spent over three years as a fugitive from the Chinese government before escaping to Hong Kong. He now lives in the United States.

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