Gang of One: Memoirs of a Red Guard - Couverture souple

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Shen, Fan

 
9780803293366: Gang of One: Memoirs of a Red Guard
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ISBN 10 : 0803293364 ISBN 13 : 9780803293366
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2006

Synopsis

In 1966 twelve-year-old Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultural Revolution. Disillusion soon followed, then turned to disgust and fear when Shen discovered that his compatriots had tortured and murdered a doctor whose house he'd helped raid and whose beautiful daughter he secretly adored. A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, Shen's Gang of One is more than a memoir of one young man's harrowing experience during a time of terror. It is also, in spite of circumstances of remarkable grimness and injustice, an unlikely picaresque tale of adventure full of courage, cunning, wit, tenacity, resourcefulness, and sheer luck--the story of how Shen managed to scheme his way through a hugely oppressive system and emerge triumphant.

Gang of One recounts how Shen escaped, again and again, from his appointed fate, as when he somehow found himself a doctor at sixteen and even, miraculously, saved a few lives. In such volatile times, however, good luck could quickly turn to misfortune: a transfer to the East Wind Aircraft Factory got him out of the countryside and into another terrible trap, where many people were driven to suicide; his secret self-education took him from the factory to college, where friendship with an American teacher earned him the wrath of the secret police. Following a path strewn with perils and pitfalls, twists and surprises worthy of Dickens, Shen's story is ultimately an exuberant human comedy unlike any other.

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À propos de l?auteur

Hailing from the People's Republic of China, Fan Shen is a professor at Rochester Community and Technical College in Minnesota. He has published three translated books and numerous articles in both Chinese and English.

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Éditeur
University of Nebraska Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803293364
ISBN 13 
9780803293366
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
298
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780803243088: Gang of One: Memoirs of a Red Guard

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0803243081 ISBN 13 :  9780803243088
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2004
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