Book of Secrets

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A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China

AvXinran Xue

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to today.Following the lives of military intelligence officer Jie and his wife Moon, The Book of Secrets weaves recently found material into a narrative that not only illuminates the shadowy world of intelligence in China, but also the emotional tragedies that political extremism inflicted on those working within. Drawing on Jie’s own vivid biography of his youth, Xinran pieces together his trajectory as he joins the great hope of the Chinese young – the Communist Party – and becomes a loyal cadre until the late 1970s when, as a chief in the security forces, he makes a decision that will poison his family against him.This is a totally unique behind-the-scenes account of a family torn apart by the Tiananmen Square massacre and the attempts of Jie to finally open up the Chinese system to the people, pieced together from an extraordinary archive of personal diaries and letters.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-02-01
Mått:158 x 236 x 30 mm
Vikt:525 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781399406680

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Korruption inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Xinran Xue is a British–Chinese author, journalist and activist. Her first book, The Good Women of China, was published in 2002 and became an international bestseller. Her most recent book The Promise was shortlisted for the Society of Authors Translation Prize.In August 2004 Xinran set up ‘The Mothers’ Bridge of Love’ (MBL), which reaches out to Chinese children in all corners of the world. By creating a bridge of understanding between China and the West and between adoptive culture and birth culture, MBL ultimately wants to help bridge the huge poverty gap that still exists in many parts of China.

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The Book of Secrets [is] a particularly rare thing: a candid, insider account showing just how much the party knew and how much it covered up.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword – Words on the Night BreezeSnow’s StoryXinran, December 2018PART ONE: The Tapes1 A Family Fragmented by the Chaos of War2 Tsinghua – An Awakening of Love and Faith3 Questions of Career and FaithPART TWO: Jie’s Letters to his Wife Moon4 1951–4 – Fantasy and Romance5 1954–7 – Confusion and Disruption6 1957–66 – Betrayal and Adversity7 1976–2009 – Resurrection and Death8 2010–17 – The Final MessagesAfterword – XinranAcknowledgementsIndex