The Execution of Mayor Yin, and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (Chinese Literature in Translation)
by Jo-Hsi Ch'En
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Praise for the first edition:""... in the great tradition of Orwell and Solzhenitsyn; its true subject is the survival -- and sometimes the defeat -- of the human spirit in its lonely quest for integrity."" -- Time""The almost childlike directness of Chen's tales... is captured in the very lightly revised translations of this new edition... Highly recommended."" -- ChoiceA classic of modern world literature, this show more collection of stories provides a vivid and poignant eyewitness view o show lessTags
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These stories convey the atmosphere of the period of Mao's Cultural Revolution with an insightful, sometimes heart-breaking truthfulness.
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- Original publication date
- 1978
- Dedication
- For those who suffered because of the Revolution
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 895.1 — Literature & rhetoric Asian Literature Literatures of East and Southeast Asia Chinese
- LCC
- PL2840 .J6 .A6 — Language and Literature Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Chinese language and literature Chinese literature Individual authors and works
- BISAC
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- Languages
- Chinese, Dutch, English, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 1
