Lake with No Name: A True Story of Love and Conflict in Modern China

by Diane Wei Liang

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As a student at Beijing University in the 1980s, Diane Wei Liang took part in and witnessed one of the truly momentous political events of the decade: the Tiananmen Square massacre. In the same year that saw the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, the world stood by in horror as the full might of the Chinese military state fell on thousands of defenceless students demonstrating for freedom and democracy. Part historical and political document; part love story; part remembrance of a loving family show more and childhood dreams shattered for ever, this memoir is a personal account of one of the most traumatic and shameful passages in China's recent history. Throughout, as a symbol of hope, stands the lake with no name - Weiming Lake - which lies at the heart of Beijing University campus. Famous for its beauty, for centuries it has been an inspiration to poets, lovers and those seeking a better future. show less

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Todos recordamos Tiananmen. La imagen de aquellos tanques implacables que sofocaron la revuelta estudiantil ha quedado grabada en la memoria de todos. Con esta obra de fuertes tintes autobiográficos, Diane Wei Lang nos brinda una oportunidad de vivir esos acontecimientos desde dentro. Diane era entonces una joven estudiante llena de ilusión y comprometida con su pueblo que se unió al movimiento estudiantil que soñaba con una China más libre y democrática. En el seno de este movimiento, Diane conocerá a Dong Yi, con el que compartirá sentimientos e ideales. Pero el Estado chino, con su terrible maquinaria represora, no sabe de amores e impedirá con la conocida dureza todo atisbo de contestación...
Vitrina izquierda, gaveta tercera o penúltima.

El impactante testimonio de una mujer en la china moderna

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Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History
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951.058History & geographyHistory of AsiaEast Asia: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, KoreaHistory1949- (People's Republic, 20th century)1980-1989
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DS779.32 .L52History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaAsiaHistory of AsiaChinaHistory
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