{"product_id":"china-witness-voices-from-a-silent-generation-paperback","title":"China Witness: Voices from a Silent Generation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eXinran\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChina Witness \u003c\/i\u003eis a remarkable work of oral history that lets us see the cultural upheavals of the past century through the eyes of the Chinese who lived through them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eXinran, acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Women of China\u003c\/i\u003e, traveled across China seeking out the nation's grandparents and great-grandparents, the men and women who experienced firsthand the tremendous changes of the modern era. Although many of them feared repercussions, they spoke with stunning candor about their hopes, fears, and struggles, and about what they witnessed: from the Long March to land reform, from Mao to marriage, from revolution to Westernization. In the same way that Studs Terkel's \u003ci\u003eWorking\u003c\/i\u003e and Tom Brokaw's \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Generation\u003c\/i\u003e gave us the essence of very particular times, \u003ci\u003eChina Witness\u003c\/i\u003e gives us the essence of modern China--a portrait more intimate, nuanced, and revelatory than any we have had before.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eXinran was born in Beijing in 1958 and moved to London in 1997 to write for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. She is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Women of China\u003c\/i\u003e, a seminal book about the lives of Chinese women, and \u003ci\u003eSky Burial\u003c\/i\u003e. Her charity, The Mothers' Bridge of Love, was founded to help disadvantaged Chinese children and to build a bridge of understanding between the West and China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 7.96 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755176624416,"sku":"9780307388537","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/46dbbf0be266dac30f7a378575340b59.webp?v=1780052084","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/china-witness-voices-from-a-silent-generation-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}