BookChina witness : voices from a silent generation
Personal name
Main title
- China witness : voices from a silent generation / Xinran ; translated from Chinese by Nicky Harman, Julia Lovell and Esther Tyldesley.
Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
Published/Created
- New York : Pantheon Books, c2009.
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Description
- 434 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
ISBN
- 9780375425479
- 0375425470
LC classification
- CT1826 .X57 2009
Summary
- An extraordinary work of oral history that illuminates the diverse ways in which the Chinese perceive and understand their own modern history.
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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Notes
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, The Random House Group Limited, London, in 2008"--T.p. verso.
- Includes index.
LCCN
- 2008035840
Dewey class no.
- 951.0092/2
Language code
- eng chi
Geographic area code
- a-cc---
Other system no.
- (OCoLC)232129581
Type of material
- Book
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- CT1826 .X57 2009
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