China witness : voices from a silent generation
Title:
China witness : voices from a silent generation
Author:
Xinran, 1958-
ISBN:
9780701180393
9780701180409
9780099501480
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2008.
Physical Description:
434 pages [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Yao Popo, or the Medicine Woman of Xingyi / Two Generations of the Lin Family: the Curse of a Legend / New Discoveries in Xinjiang, the World's Biggest Prison / On the Road, Interlude 1: Interview with a North-Western Taxi Driver / Pioneers of China's Oil: a Distinguished Husband and Wife / Acrobat: from Counter-revolutionary's Daughter to National Medal Winner / On the Road, Interlude 2: Talking to a Chinese Colleague about Tibet, Folk Customs, Tiger Stoves and the Chinese Jews / Tea Houses and News Singers: Three Thousand Years of Anecdotes and Wonders / Carrying on a Craft Tradition: the Qin Huai Lantern-Makers / Across Mountain and Grassland: a Witness to the Long March / Savouring her Blessings after Trials and Tribulations: Woman General born in America / Interlude 3: Love Letters / On the Road, Interlude 4: Reflections Between the Lines / The Policeman: A Cop who Entered the Police Force as the People's Republic was Founded / The Shoe-Mender Mother: Years Spent out in All Weathers / On the Road, Interlude 5: A Squall at the 4 May Memorial / Afterword: Images of My Motherland.
Abstract:
In 1912, 5000 years of feudal rule ended in China. In 1949, Mao Zedong came to power. This book is a personal testimony from a normally silent generation, a huge major work of oral history which sums up, in their own words, the vast changes which have overtaken China and its people over a century.