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560 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780140108705
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication date: Not specified
Description
This is a first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to...
Community Reviews Summary of 341 reviews
Moods
informative 66%
dark 53%
sad 53%
challenging 46%
inspiring 46%
reflective 40%
tense 40%
hopeful 13%
adventurous 6%
Pace
slow 42%
fast 7%
Average rating
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Confinement, Physical abuse, TortureModerate
Child death, Suicide, Medical content
560 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780140108705
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication date: Not specified
Description
This is a first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to...
Community Reviews Summary of 341 reviews
Moods
informative 66%
dark 53%
sad 53%
challenging 46%
inspiring 46%
reflective 40%
tense 40%
hopeful 13%
adventurous 6%
Pace
slow 42%
fast 7%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Confinement, Physical abuse, TortureModerate
Child death, Suicide, Medical content