Blood Red Sunset
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Blood Red Sunset by Bo Ma
A searing first hand account of China's Cultural Revolution that joins the ranks of great memoirs such as Life and Death in Shanghai, Wild Swans and A Chinese Odyssey First banned in its native land, this earthy, unflinching memoir has become one of the biggest bestsellers in the history of China. In 1968, a fervent young Red Guard joined the army of hotheaded adolescents who trekked to Inner Mongolia to spread the Cultural Revolution. After gaining a reputation as a brutal abuser of the local herd owners and nomads, Ma Bo casually criticized a Party Leader. Denounced as an active counterrevolutionary and betrayed by his friends, the idealistic youth was brutally beaten and imprisoned. Charged with passion, never doctrinaire, Blood Red Sunset is a startlingly vivid and personal narrative that opens a window on the psyche of totalitarian excess that no other work of history can provide. This is a tale of ideology and disillusionment, a powerful work of political and literary importance. A deceptively straightforward story carried forward by deep currents of insight.--The Washington Post A genuine, no-holds-barred, unadorned piece of writing.echoing the realities of contemporary China.--Liu Binyan, The New York Times Book Review| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780670841813 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670841811 |
| Title | Blood Red Sunset |
| Author | Bo Ma |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1995-03-30 |
| Number of pages | 371 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |