Red Azalea

Zusatztext 'The book sings. It is a small masterpiece ... no one has written more honestly and poignantly than Min about the desert of solitude and human alienation at the centre of the Chinese Communist revolution' Informationen zum Autor Anchee Min Klappentext The acclaimed memoir from the bestselling author of Empress Orchid ' Historically remarkable ... intensely moving' SUNDAY TIMES 'The book sings. It is a small masterpiece' VOGUE Born into a devoutly Maoist family in 1950s Shanghai and forced to work on a communal farm from the age of seventeen, Anchee Min found herself in an alienating and hostile political climate, where her only friendships were perilous and intense.Both candid and touching, this compelling memoir documents her isolation and illicit love against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution. From her coming of age in the Red Guard to her recruitment into Madame Mao's burgeoning industry of propaganda movies, Red Azalea explores the secret sensuality of a repressive society with elegance and honesty. Vorwort The acclaimed memoir from the bestselling author of Empress Orchid Zusammenfassung The acclaimed memoir from the bestselling author of Empress Orchid

Product details

• Authors: Anchee Min, Min Anchee
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.05.2009
• EAN: 9780747596035
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-9603-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; China, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Memoirs, HISTORY / Asia / China, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980