Categorii: Necatalogate, Neclasificate
Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 2024
Editura: Penguin Publishing Group
Tip copertă: Paperback
Nr Pag: 464
ISBN: 9781984877406
Dimensiuni: l: 15cm | H: 23cm | 3.7cm | 680g
One of Foreign Policy's Most Anticipated Books of 2024
An epic story of modern China that weaves a riveting family memoir with vital reporting by the New York Times diplomatic correspondent
The son of Chinese immigrants in Washington, DC, Edward Wong grew up among family secrets. His father toiled in Chinese restaurants and rarely spoke of his native land or his years in the People's Liberation Army under Mao. Yook Kearn Wong came of age during the Japanese occupation in World War II and the Communist revolution, when he fell under the spell of Mao's promise of a powerful China. His astonishing journey as a soldier took him from Manchuria during the Korean War to Xinjiang on the Central Asian frontier. In 1962, disillusioned with the Communist Party, he made plans for a desperate escape to Hong Kong.