China in Ten Words
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Duckworth Books
Published:16th Mar '23
Should be back in stock very soon
In ten words, Yu Hua creates a portrait of modern China few writers are adept to convey - a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for our 125th anniversary
A courageous and intimate memoir of China framed in ten telling words: a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for our 125th anniversary
A courageous and intimate memoir of China framed in ten telling words.
People. Leader. Reading. Writing. Revolution. Grassroots. Through these and other common vernacular words and phrases, Yu Hua – widely regarded as one of China’s greatest living writers – tells powerful personal stories of the Chinese experience from the Cultural Revolution to the 2010s. With wit, insight and courage, he presents a refreshingly candid vision of the ‘Chinese miracle’ and its consequences, and a unique perspective on one of the world’s least understood nations.
‘A brilliant memoir of China… Throughout this beautifully narrated, carefully analytical and at times personally courageous book, Yu shows the dark side of China’s economic “miracle” Guardian
'Caustic and difficult to forget, China in Ten Words is a people’s eye view of a world in which the people have little place' The Times
'Gripping… it astounds me that Yu Hua has not already joined Nobel Peace Prize-winner Liu Xiaobo and a growing number of other outspoken intellectuals behind bars' Jonathan Mirsky, Literary Review
ISBN: 9780715654903
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240 pages