by krin5292
Type: documentary
Status: liked
Author: Jung Chang
Tags: history biography china atuobiography
2007-06-21
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krin5292
Mar 28 - 18:23 |
While I've read about China in bits and pieces in fiction, this is the first comprehensive nonfiction book I read on China's history in the twentieth century as told through a family's harrowing ordeal. What struck me the most is how the shifting political alliances meant that anyone could be an "enemy" at any time. I also came to admire Jung's parents for sticking to their principles even when it meant exile and harsh punishment. |