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The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history, now with a new introduction from the author. A record of Mao's impact on China, a window on the female experience in the modern world, and a tale of courage and love, Jung Chang describes the extraordinary lives and experiences of her family members: her grandmother, a warlord's concubine; her mother's struggles as a young idealistic Communist; and her parents' experience as members of the Communist elite and their ordeal during the Cultural Revolution. Chang was a Red Guard briefly at the age of fourteen, then worked as a peasant, a "barefoot doctor," a steelworker, and an electrician. As the story of each generation unfolds, Chang captures the cycles of violent drama visited on her own family and millions of others caught in the whirlwind of history.… (mer)
Jag inser när jag läst denna bok hur okunnig jag är om Kinas historia. Det är en intressant och skrämmande läsning. Det jag ändå förundras mest över är hur en stolle som Mao kunde få så många anhängare i Kina men kanske ändå mer hur det finns människor i väst och tom i Sverige som anser att Mao var en stor ledare och Maos lilla röda ett rättesnöre. En av de galnaste berättelserna i boken är när Mao får för sig att gräs är kapitalistiskt och borgerligt och sätter människor till att gräva bort det. Än mer skrämmande är hur kan människor gå på det? Det enda som gör att boken inte får en femma är att jag saknar inlevelsen i språket. Det märks att det inte är en fullfjädrad författare som skrivit boken men berättelsen är strålande. ( )
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To my grandmother and my father who did not live to see this book
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At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general, the police chief of a tenuous national government of China.
[Author's Note] My name "Jung" is pronounced "Yung."
[Epilogue] I have made London my home.
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With luck, one could fall in love after getting married.
They had been brought up in the fanatical personality cult of Mao and the militant doctrine of "class struggle". They were endowed with the qualities of youth - they were rebellious, fearless, eager to fight for a "just cause", thirsty for adventure and action. They were also irresponsible, ignorant and easy to manipulate - and prone to violence.
When I came home that afternoon, I found my father in the kitchen. He had lit a fire in the big cement sink, and was hurling his books into the flames. This was the first time in my life I had seen him weeping. It was agonized, broken, and wild, the weeping of a man who was not used to shedding tears. Every now and then, in fits of violent sobs, he stamped his feet on the floor and banged his head against the wall. ... My father had spent every spare penny on his books. They were his life. After the bonfire, I could tell that something had happened to his mind.
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[Author's Note] I use "the Department of Public Affairs" rather than "the Department of Propaganda" for "xuan-chuan-bu", and "the Cultural Revolution Authority" rather than "the Cultural Revolution Group" for "zhong-yang-wen-ge".
The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history, now with a new introduction from the author. A record of Mao's impact on China, a window on the female experience in the modern world, and a tale of courage and love, Jung Chang describes the extraordinary lives and experiences of her family members: her grandmother, a warlord's concubine; her mother's struggles as a young idealistic Communist; and her parents' experience as members of the Communist elite and their ordeal during the Cultural Revolution. Chang was a Red Guard briefly at the age of fourteen, then worked as a peasant, a "barefoot doctor," a steelworker, and an electrician. As the story of each generation unfolds, Chang captures the cycles of violent drama visited on her own family and millions of others caught in the whirlwind of history.
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