1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows (Signed Edition): A Memoir by Weiwei Ai

1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows (Signed Edition): A Memoir

Weiwei Ai

400 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

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Once an intimate of Mao Zedong, Ai Weiwei's father was branded a rightist during the Cultural Revolution, and he and his family were banished to a desolate place known as "Little Siberia," where Ai Qing was sentenced to hard labor cleaning public...

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Moods

informative 79%
reflective 78%
inspiring 71%
challenging 40%
emotional 40%
dark 30%
hopeful 28%
sad 24%
tense 15%
adventurous 11%
funny 10%
mysterious 2%

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slow 41%
fast 1%

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